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....
BOMA participants like Rose Lelesiit embrace the opportunity to become business owners and pull themselves and their families out of extreme poverty. However, an often overlooked challenge is the fact that many people, especially women, living in last mile regions...
By Amanda Teppo, BOMA Project Intern Each moment is a chance to make history. At the BOMA Project, participants in our Rural Entrepreneur Access Project (REAP) are not only breaking the cycle of extreme poverty but driving social change as well. A new market, only 4...
“We started with nothing, and now we are businesswomen!” –PROFIT participant BOMA just successfully concluded its two-year pilot in Samburu County with the Government of Kenya’s Programme for Rural Outreach of Financial Innovations and Technologies (PROFIT). The...
On March 8, International Women’s Day, BOMA launched a fundraising campaign with One Day’s Wages, an organization that provides matching donations to nonprofits through their fundraising platform. Our goal was to raise $30,000. The campaign just...
This holiday season, give the gift of hope to women and families in eastern Africa. Your gift means that more women can forge a pathway out of extreme poverty and become economically self-sufficient. Help reach 1 million women and children by 2022, and bring hope to...
