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The Big Push African Women Need to Escape Poverty (Project Syndicate)
Research and experience have shown the effectiveness of providing women and girls living in extreme poverty with a productive asset, support to meet their basic needs, and long-term coaching and training. With a multifaceted approach, African policymakers...
Top 10 Key Programmatic Lessons Learned in 2023
As an organization built around continuous innovation and improvement, we are always working to capture and grow from key learnings in our programmatic design, targeting, impact, technology solutions, and nearly every aspect of the work we do. Leading the...
A Vision Brought to Life
A Vision Brought to Life Youth Participants Launch Motorcycle Repair Shop Ibrahim Adan, 27, describes himself as a visionary. Ibrahim is a versatile handyman thanks to the guidance of his cousin, a skilled motorcycle repairman. When he encountered the opportunity to...
Uplifting Refugees and Host Communities
Uplifting Refugees and Host Communities LIFT Northern Kenya Commences in Kakuma Refugee Camp Supported by the IKEA Foundation, BOMA, Smart Regional Consultants (SRC) and Danish Church Aid (DCA) have teamed up to transform the lives of those most impacted by the...
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