News from BOMA, May 2023
The Latest News from BOMABOMA has been helping people escape extreme poverty since 2009. We are currently working in five countries—Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Cameroon, and Burkina Faso—to promote entrepreneurship in rural areas. Our goal is to improve the lives of...
Breaking Barriers to Prosperity
Breaking Barriers to Prosperity Youth Participants Launch a Women-Run Electronics Shop Young men and women like Kabale Hawo Godana, who goes by Hawo, are facing an unemployment crisis. In Kenya, youth account for 60 percent of the unemployed. Each year, 10 to 12...
International Women’s Day
Today, March 8, is International Women's Day. This is an opportunity to reflect on the global state of gender equality — and resolve to improve it. At BOMA, we believe that empowering women and other vulnerable groups like youth and refugees is central to building a...
Has Your Life Ever Depended on $2.15 a day?
Today, October 17, marks the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Here, BOMA CEO John Stephens shares why he is hopeful for the future. Has your life ever depended on $2.15 per day? That is the reality for 719 million people worldwide who are living...
Lasting Resilience in North Horr, Kenya
Faraya Eysarboy is a recent graduate of BOMA’s poverty graduation program in North Horr, Kenya. Enrolled through a partnership with the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk, and Resilience and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Eysarboy...
World Refugee Day
June 20th is World Refugee Day, a day to honor refugees and to celebrate their strength, courage and resilience. Today also serves as a reminder that no matter who you are or where you come from, everyone deserves the right to seek safety. Over the last decade, the...