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Category Archives: Rural Entrepreneur Access Project (REAP)
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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Time for Some Good News from Africa
This summer’s news from Africa has been sobering. So I want to share 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 … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, African climate change, African drought, African women, Boma Fund Business Mentors, Climate change refugees, Economic empowerment, Empower African women, Kasuit, Kathleen Colson, Kenya, Laisamis, Mama Rungu, Nairobi, REAP (Rural Entrepreneur Access Project), Rural Entrepreneur Access Project (REAP), Samburu, St. Lawrence University, The BOMA Fund, Uncategorized
Tagged African Poverty, African Women, Arid Lands Kenya, BOMA, cheetah, Climate Change, Conservation and Poverty Reduction, David duChemin, drought, East Africa Drought, entrepreneurship, Grant Based Poverty Relief, Grassroots Poverty Alleviation, Income Diversification, Kaisut, Kathleen Colson, Laisamis District, Landcruiser, lion, Loiyangalani, Mama Rungu, Marsabit District, micro-loans, microfinance, northern Kenya, Pastoral Nomads, REAP, Small Business Development, Turkana
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Mama Rungu, They Were Beating Me Around My Shoulders
Mountain Lodge is situated in Mt. Kenya National Park, and while we cannot see the top of the mountain because of the clouds, everyone enjoys the quiet nature of this wooden building overlooking a waterhole. We have whispered conversations over … 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, Female Genital Mutilation, FGM (Female Genital Mutilation), Kathleen Colson, Kenya, Lake Nakuru National Park, Maasai, Mama Rungu, Mt. Kenya National Park, Northern Kenya, REAP (Rural Entrepreneur Access Project), Rural Entrepreneur Access Project (REAP), The BOMA Fund, Ujima Foundation
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BOMA Business Mentors
Semeji, BOMA’s security man, provides a traditional blessing to begin the BOMA presentation of the Rural Entrepreneur Access Project (REAP) to the DFW group. After each intonation, the group is asked to hold their palms up and as they say … 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, Laisamis, Mama Rungu, Northern Kenya, REAP (Rural Entrepreneur Access Project), Rural Entrepreneur Access Project (REAP), The BOMA Fund
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Umoja and the Lions
The morning after we arrived at Simba Lodge in Buffalo Springs, the adjoining reserve to the flooded Samburu Reserve, we were informed that the Chinese road builders had repaired the bridge over the Ewaso Nyiro. Aleya, our one stranded Mentor … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, African climate change, African drought, African women, Climate change refugees, Dining for Women, Economic empowerment, Empower African women, Kathleen Colson, Mama Rungu, Northern Kenya, REAP (Rural Entrepreneur Access Project), Rural Entrepreneur Access Project (REAP), Samburu, Samburu Lodge, The BOMA Fund, Uncategorized
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Mama Rungu, You Can Not Cross
Kura will stay back with the Business Mentors in Isiolo while I return to Nairobi to meet the Dining for Women (DFW) safari group. It does not take long for the jarring hip hop music to start up while I … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, African climate change, African drought, African women, Climate change refugees, Dining for Women, Economic empowerment, Empower African women, Kathleen Colson, Mama Rungu, Nairobi, Northern Kenya, REAP (Rural Entrepreneur Access Project), Rural Entrepreneur Access Project (REAP), Samburu, Samburu Lodge, The BOMA Fund
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Crossing the Kaisut
By 4:15 a.m., Gumps is loaded and ready to go. We are headed back to the Samburu area where all of our Business Mentors will meet with the Dining for Women safari group. We will be collecting most of the Mentors along … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, African climate change, African drought, African women, Climate change refugees, Dining for Women, Economic empowerment, Empower African women, Kasuit, Kathleen Colson, Mama Rungu, Northern Kenya, REAP (Rural Entrepreneur Access Project), Rural Entrepreneur Access Project (REAP), The BOMA Fund
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Mama Rungu Church
The one luxury I had brought on this trip was a battery-powered fan. Halfway through the night, in my dripping, hot hut in Loiyangalani, the fan died. I woke up to rain pounding on my thatched roof. Loiyangalani usually has consistent … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, African climate change, African drought, African women, Climate change refugees, Dining for Women, Economic empowerment, Empower African women, Kathleen Colson, Lake Turkana, Lake Turkana Wind Project, Mama Rungu, Northern Kenya, REAP (Rural Entrepreneur Access Project), Rural Entrepreneur Access Project (REAP), The BOMA Fund
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Do Not Shoot At Us
The drive from South Horr to Mt. Kulal is one of the reasons we have Semeji as security as it is a conflict zone between the different ethnic groups, mostly involving cattle raiding. Kura points out the riverbed where a … Continue reading
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