Stories - 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 Kenyan Woman Overcame a Difficult Marriage to Become an Entrepreneur and Provide For Her Family

A few years into her marriage, Josphine Ekai was faced with a terrifying realization about her relationship. Josphine had married a man in her community. At the time, she thought of her marriage as a deeply meaningful moment of transformation. She and her husband...

BOMA’s CEO John Stephens featured on Great.com podcast

Spirit Rosenberg from Great.com interviewed John Stephens, CEO of The BOMA Project as part of their ‘Great.com Talks With…’ podcast. This series is an antidote to negative news stories that aims to shed light on organizations and experts whose work...

From Success to Success – And A New, Incredible House

“I wasn’t looking for money or food aid,” says Kiringace Lalaur. “All I wanted was an opportunity to better our lives.” Kiringace lives in a tiny manyatta in Barsaloi. The region is known for its inhospitable terrain that is increasingly coming to characterize the...

Agnes Lekupe: Mother, Entrepreneur and Now, a Leader

A small Manyatta stands in the middle of a fence surrounded by a fence made of thorns. A woman opens the door to her small home. Like she does every morning, she gazes at the orange hues in the sky as the sun rises. Dawn is when she likes to contemplate the...

Christine Lokidogoi: Single Mother and Landlady Extraordinaire

Christine Lokidogoi is a restless and energetic person. She talks quickly in a tumble of sentences, many of which are the beginnings of remarkable ideas. Christine’s energetic outlook is especially remarkable given that she is a single mother of five children. Prior...