Global | BOMA

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.

This is how we change the world: BOMA’s 2019 Annual Appeal

Sarah Lelesiit and her family lived in a leaky-roofed hut, and hunger stalked them constantly. Those days are gone. In 2017, Sarah enrolled in the BOMA Project’s poverty graduation program and graduated in June 2019 as a proud owner of a bustling livestock business,...

Can You Use Digital Finance If You Can’t Read?

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...

Making History in Northern Kenya

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...

BOMA Campaign with One Day’s Wages Raises $31,500

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...

The BOMA Project Announces Election of Greg Coussa, U.S. Founder of Spring Impact, to Board of Directors

The BOMA Project is very pleased to announce the election of Greg Coussa (@GregoryCoussa) as a member of the BOMA Project Board of Directors. Coussa is the U.S. founder of Spring Impact (formerly ICSF: International Centre for Social Franchising), which is dedicated...