By Amanda Teppo, BOMA Project Intern Each moment is a chance to make history. At the BOMA Project, participants in our Rural Entrepreneur Access Project (REAP) are not only breaking the cycle of extreme poverty but driving social change as well. A new market, only 4...
“We started with nothing, and now we are businesswomen!” –PROFIT participant BOMA just successfully concluded its two-year pilot in Samburu County with the Government of Kenya’s Programme for Rural Outreach of Financial Innovations and Technologies (PROFIT). The...
Ending Extreme Poverty: A Gender Lens Economically empowering women is vital to achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Globally, women disproportionately suffer the cascading effects of extreme poverty as they struggle to provide for their families. Gender...
Our journey to Samburu take us to the place in Kenya that is closest to my heart. After passing through the reckless town of Isiolo, the rugged dramatic scenery of Northern Kenya stretches out before us. I imagine that our travelers see harsh and remote. But as we...
Thanks to a generous gift from the Segal Family Foundation, BOMA has been able to hire and train a Village Mentor and launch businesses in the Archers Post area of Northern Kenya. The region is adjacent to Samburu National Reserve and so, for the first time, visitors...
