Africa climate change

BOMA is Building Resilience in Uganda

The global refugee population has more than doubled in the last decade, and at least 100 million people have been forced to leave their home over the last ten years. Today, sub-Saharan Africa hosts more than 26% of the world’s refugee population. Forced into...

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott Donates $10M to The BOMA Project

This gift will allow BOMA to accelerate and expand its work across Africa to reach millions of women and families.

BOMA’s International Women’s Day 2020 Message: Empowering Women to Build a Better World

“I want all my children to go to school, especially my girls.” Paulina Adapal, BOMA Graduate, Northern Kenya The United Nations (UN) first celebrated March 8th as the International Women’s Day in 1975. In 1977, the UN declared March 8th as the official day for...

What Your Gift Means for Families

“Sometimes we would go a week without eating. BOMA came to me when I was down and pushed me up.” Napikutuk Nareyo Lenadosiol, Ngrunit No mother should have to choose which of her children gets to eat today, or go without food herself just to keep her kids alive....

This Christmas, let us remember one another

As billions of people around the world pause this week to reflect on the story of a mother and her child, we would like to share the story of another mother. Selina Lekimain lives in the remote arid lands of northern Kenya. She and her husband had three children....

Giving Tuesday 2019

Today, Giving Tuesday, your gift to BOMA will have twice the impact. Starting at 8 a.m. on Giving Tuesday your support can go even further to help women like Ntiru Lekatap (left) forge a pathway out of extreme poverty, so she no longer has to borrow food from...