Northern Kenya

Tackling Youth Unemployment in Northern Kenya

According to a UN report, Africa is the world’s youngest continent, with 60% of its population under the age of 25. However, many economies struggle to accommodate the influx of young individuals entering the workforce, leaving 10-12 million youths to compete for only...

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...

A New Year Filled With Hope

Have you made your New Year’s resolution? At the BOMA Project, our resolution is simple…but challenging. We are planning to enroll 17,000 more women into our poverty graduation program in 2020. Women like Selina Lekimain, a BOMA participant in remote...

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....