in 1988, vavra established a camp in ololasurai, kenya and began what would become a six-year stay with the tribal maasai people, which led to the publication of "a tent with a view" in 1991. he has paid for the education of several maasai children and financed the building of a school in mexico, where, since its construction, more than 5000 boys and girls have learned to read and write.