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Ready for LIFT
Ready for LIFT-OffPreparing to Transform Lives through Green LivelihoodsBOMA is working alongside IKEA Foundation, Smart Regional Consultants (SRC) and DanChurchAid (DCA) to launch the Livelihoods and Inclusion for Transformation (LIFT) program in Northern Kenya. LIFT...
News from BOMA, May 2023
The Latest News from BOMABOMA has been helping people escape extreme poverty since 2009. We are currently working in five countries—Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Cameroon, and Burkina Faso—to promote entrepreneurship in rural areas. Our goal is to improve the lives of...
Breaking Barriers to Prosperity
Breaking Barriers to Prosperity Youth Participants Launch a Women-Run Electronics Shop Young men and women like Kabale Hawo Godana, who goes by Hawo, are facing an unemployment crisis. In Kenya, youth account for 60 percent of the unemployed. Each year, 10 to 12...
International Women’s Day
Today, March 8, is International Women's Day. This is an opportunity to reflect on the global state of gender equality — and resolve to improve it. At BOMA, we believe that empowering women and other vulnerable groups like youth and refugees is central to building a...
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