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BOMA Project and Founder Recognized on Floor of U.S. Senate for Work with Women in Extreme Poverty in Northern Kenya
U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy took to the floor of the U.S. Senate recently to praise the work of The BOMA Project. BOMA is a U.S.-based non-governmental organization that assists poor women of Northern Kenya in starting their own businesses and mentors them to help ensure their success.
18 April 2013 21:16 BST
“Vote for Maria” in Online Contest and Help Poor African Women Start Businesses
Maria Grazia Khoyan, a Village Mentor for The BOMA Project in Kenya, is a finalist for a $10,000 award from Students Rebuild and Half the Sky. BOMA is an innovative nonprofit that helps ultra-poor women start small, sustainable businesses in their rural villages. Voting is underway online through Friday, March 8 at http://bit.ly/voteformaria.
06 March 2013 19:30 GMT
BOMA Project of Northern Kenya Helps Rural Women Start and Maintain Small Businesses
US-Based non-governmental organization, The BOMA Project is making a big difference in the lives of poor women and their families in Northern Kenya by helping them start and maintain small businesses.
12 February 2013 17:06 GMT
About The BOMA Project
The BOMA Project works to improve the lives of the marginalized residents of northern Kenya through economic empowerment, education, advocacy and the training of a new generation of entrepreneurial ethical leaders.
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Expertise:
Agriculture, Children, Food and hunger/nutrition, Health and disease, Programme management, Project management, Refugees and displacement, Training and development, Women
Countries of operation:
kenya, united-states
