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Category Archives: Empower African women
Poverty is the Worst Form of Violence
Mahatma Ghandi said “poverty is the worst form of violence.” That violence manifests itself in Northern Kenya through people who have poor nutrition and a higher risk of disease. They have a lower life expectancy and inadequate access to healthcare. For children … Continue reading
Posted in African women, Empower African women, Lake Turkana, Rural Entrepreneur Access Project (REAP)
Tagged Africa Micro-finance, Africa Micro-lending, African Poverty, African Women, Arid Lands Kenya, BOMA, BOMA Fund, Climate Change, drought, East Africa Drought, entrepreneurship, food aid, Grant Based Poverty Relief, Grassroots Poverty Alleviation, Income Diversification, Kathleen Colson, Kura, Loiyangalani, Marsabit District, microfinance, northern Kenya, Pastoral Nomads, Small Business Development, The BOMA Project, Turkana, X African PovertyX African WomenX Arid Lands KenyaX BOMAX Climate ChangeX droughtX drylandsX East Africa DroughtX entrepreneurshipX food aidX Grant Based Poverty Solutions
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The Savings Group and the Wife Beater
Maria Lesiil is the BOMA Village Mentor in the Northern Kenya town of Archers Post. She is beautiful and charismatic and held the attention of more than fifty women for the five full hours of the savings training session. About two hours into the … Continue reading
Posted in African women, Empower African women, Savings Groups
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Inspired by Dr. Paul Farmer
I am always humbled by what women tell us after they start earning an income with their new BOMA businesses. During a recent visit to the village of Ilaut, a woman named Nkaroni told us, “Before, I could not rest. … Continue reading
A Response to The Hunger Season
The BOMA Project’s response to a post in the Stanford Social Innovation Review: Roger Thurow is right: Nobody should have to die from hunger. I applaud One Acre Fund and its mission to eliminate the “hungry season” for smallholder farmers … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, African climate change, African drought, African women, Climate change refugees, Economic empowerment, Empower African women, Kathleen Colson, Kenya, Mama Rungu, Northern Kenya, REAP (Rural Entrepreneur Access Project), The BOMA Project
Tagged Roger Thurow, Stanford Social Innovation Review, The Hunger Season, X African PovertyX African WomenX Arid Lands KenyaX BOMAX Climate ChangeX droughtX drylandsX East Africa DroughtX entrepreneurshipX food aidX Grant Based Pover
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Hope in the Wild
Kenya’s Meru National Park is a dry, rugged wilderness of incredible beauty. Bordered by the Tana River in the south and the Nyambeni Mountains to the west, it is a land of astounding diversity with spring-fed rivers, open grasslands, acacia … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Economic empowerment, Empower African women, Kathleen Colson, Kenya, Safari, The BOMA Project
Tagged Born Free, Elsa, Elsa's Kopje, X KiberaX X African PovertyX African WomenX Arid Lands KenyaX BOMAX Climate ChangeX droughtX drylandsX East Africa DroughtX entrepreneurshipX food aidX Grant Based Poverty ReliefX Grassroots Poverty
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The Land Cruiser Plan B Program
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, African climate change, African drought, African women, Climate change refugees, Economic empowerment, Empower African women, Kathleen Colson, Kenya, Mama Rungu, Northern Kenya, The BOMA Project
Tagged Toyota Land Cruiser, X KiberaX X African PovertyX African WomenX Arid Lands KenyaX BOMAX Climate ChangeX droughtX drylandsX East Africa DroughtX entrepreneurshipX food aidX Grant Based Poverty ReliefX Grassroots Poverty A
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Tears in Samburu
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 … Continue reading
Posted in African climate change, African women, Dining for Women, Economic empowerment, Empower African women, Kenya, Northern Kenya, REAP (Rural Entrepreneur Access Project), Samburu
Tagged African PovertyX African WomenX Arid Lands KenyaX BOMAX Climate ChangeX droughtX drylandsX East Africa DroughtX entrepreneurshipX food aidX Grant Based Poverty ReliefX Grassroots Poverty A, Samburu
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Kibera
The Kibera slums of Nairobi are wild. It is muddy and smelly; it is vibrant and energetic. Hope lives alongside desperate poverty. It is a vestige of the flight from rural poverty to urban opportunity where a new world awaits … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, African climate change, African drought, African women, Climate change refugees, Economic empowerment, Empower African women, Kathleen Colson, Kenya, Mama Rungu, Nairobi, Northern Kenya, The BOMA Project
Tagged Kibera, X African PovertyX African WomenX Arid Lands KenyaX BOMAX Climate ChangeX droughtX drylandsX East Africa DroughtX entrepreneurshipX food aidX Grant Based Poverty ReliefX Grassroots Poverty Alleviation
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On the Road with Dining for Women
I will have a week of meetings with The BOMA Project staff on this trip but I am also leading a safari for a group of BOMA donors through the national organization, Dining for Women. In 2010, I led the … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, African women, Dining for Women, Economic empowerment, Empower African women, Kathleen Colson, Kenya, Northern Kenya, The BOMA Project
Tagged Dining for Women, X African PovertyX African WomenX Arid Lands KenyaX BOMAX Climate ChangeX droughtX drylandsX East Africa DroughtX entrepreneurshipX food aidX Grant Based Poverty ReliefX Grassroots Poverty Alleviation
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From Beggars to Lenders
The sun was setting as we gathered in the shade of Amina’s huts in Korr. Kura had arranged for me to meet with the Bayo Savings Group and I recognized many faces. Over steaming cups of sweetened goat milk tea, … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, African climate change, African drought, African women, Boma Fund Business Mentors, Climate change refugees, Dining for Women, Economic empowerment, Empower African women, Kasuit, Kathleen Colson, Kenya, Laisamis, Lake Turkana, Lake Turkana Wind Project, Mama Rungu, Northern Kenya, REAP (Rural Entrepreneur Access Project), Samburu, St. Lawrence University, The BOMA Fund, The BOMA Project, Uncategorized
Tagged African Poverty, African Women, Arid Lands Kenya, BOMA, Climate Change, Conservation and Poverty Reduction, drought, East Africa Drought, entrepreneurship, food aid, Grant Based Poverty Relief, Grassroots Poverty Alleviation, Horn of Africa drought, Income Diversification, Kaisut, Kargi, Kathleen Colson, Korr, Kura, Laisamis District, Landcruiser, lion, Loiyangalani, Mama Rungu, Marsabit District, micro-loans, microfinance, Mt. Kulal, northern Kenya, Pastoral Nomads, REAP, Small Business Development, South Horr, The BOMA Project, Turkana
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