Our partner, the University of California, Davis, will lead a new global research program to build and test ways to overcome some of the biggest remaining challenges for lifting and keeping rural families out of poverty in developing countries. The Feed the Future...
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 are thrilled that our Executive Director John Stephens has joined the Board of Directors of InterAction, a convener, thought leader, and voice for nearly 200 NGOs. InterAction works with and through its member organizations to strengthen policies and programs to...
“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...
Ending Extreme Poverty: A Gender Lens Economically empowering women is vital to achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Globally, women disproportionately suffer the cascading effects of extreme poverty as they struggle to provide for their families. Gender...
