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Innovation Enabled Gardens
Innovation-Enabled Agriculture Halima Ali, a dedicated participant in BOMA’s Lishe Bora Program and the chair lady of the Olla Odha saving group is beaming with a sense of accomplishment and pride. Her business group recently reached a significant...
Facing the realities of crisis on World Refugee Day
Facing the realities of crisis on World Refugee Day Today, June 20, is World Refugee Day. This is an opportunity to reflect on the global state of refugees and internally displaced people, celebrate their resilience — and resolve to put forth long-term...
Powering the Future
Powering the Future Leveraging Solar Energy to Transform a Community In November 2023, three young women, Diramu Godana (29), Kula Wako (25), and Jilo Kuri (18), from Teltele woreda of Gendhile Kebele, joined forces to establish the Roba Nega...
Building Climate Resilience for the Most Vulnerable
For many communities and individuals around the world, Earth Day comes and goes without any fanfare. In these places, the relationship between humans and the environment is as natural as the earth itself. But as commonplace as living side by...
Salon – Life Lessons from a Global Poverty Hero by Megan Mayhew Berman, Salon
NextBillion – Climate-Proofing Poverty Graduation Programs by Nicole Mills, the BOMA Project & Alex Russell, AMA Feed the Future at UC Davis
Stanford Social Innovation Review –To Impact Millions, the Social Sector Needs to Scale Scaling Up, by Gregory Coussa
The New York Times – The Power of Hope is Real by Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times
The Wall Street Journal – On the Joys and Challenges of Being a ‘Temporary’ Expat in Kenya by Megan Mayhew Berman, Wall Street Journal
CGAP – The BOMA Project: Building Resiliency in the Arid Lands by Melissa Victor, CGAP Blog
Benson Rioba – Down to business: Drought-hit Kenyan women trade their way out of poverty, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Kevin Starr – Enough Innovation Already, SSIR
Impact Measurement on Salesforce – 7 nonprofits setting the bar for Salesforce-based M&E
The Huffington Post – A Day for All Mothers by Anita Casalina, Huffington Post
Manchester Journal – 10 years after its founding, BOMA wins global acclaim by Kathleen James, The Manchester Journal
The Borgen Project – The BOMA Project: Empowering Women in the Third Worldby Saroja Koneru, The Borgen Project Blog
Kiosks give pastoralist women hope by David Muchui, Business Daily Africa
Rutland Herald – Dorset nonprofit group garners $500k gift, Patrick McArdle, Rutland Herald
Tony Loyd – Poverty Graduation Through For-Profit Entrepreneurship, Tony Loyd Podcast