Travel with the Nomads

“Africa is mystic; it is wild; it is a sweltering inferno; it is a photographer’s paradise….It is the last vestige of a dead world or the cradle of a new one…It is all of these things but one thing – it is never dull.”   Beryl...

Measuring Success

The morning after I arrived in Nairobi I had a fascinating breakfast meeting with Marc Maxson of Global Giving.  Marc is a PhD neuroscientist who helps coordinate the GlobalGiving Storytelling project in East Africa, a monitoring and evaluation experiment...

Time for Some Good News From Africa

This summer’s news from Africa has been sobering. We want to bring you some good news – but first a bit of background. Since the founding of The BOMA Project in 2005, we have endured three severe droughts. Each resulted in devastating livestock mortality,...

The Human Element of Our Work

It even rained in Loiyangalani.  As we came into the desert oasis town the steam was rising from the evaporating puddles in the road.  Kura pointed out the Turkana settlements on the outskirts of the village.  We splashed through the overflow water from the borehole...

Where There Are Large Herds, There is Danger

In the morning I woke early, anxious to be back on the road and on our way to Loiyangalani. Poor Kura, Omar and Semeji had been up late, talking with Joseph. I hated to wake them up but Kura was great, as usual. “It’s okay, Mama Rungu, I agree, we should leave now.”...