The BOMA Project, Kenya 2010
DFW Funding 2010: $27,473
DFW Funding 2009: $18,124
Follow Up Reports
NEW BOMA Video for Dining for Women
Kathleen Colson's Speech at DFW Leadership Summit, 9/25/10
BOMA Blog
Dining for Women's December donations will fund:
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THE RURAL ENTREPRENEUR ACCESS PROJECT (REAP), an innovative micro-finance program developed by The BOMA Project (Formerly the BOMA Fund) that is completely led by local residents in the nomadic and settled villages of northern Kenya. DFW will fund the economic empowerment of 125 women in and around the villages of Karare, Ngurunit and South Horr in Laisamis district.
- IMPLEMENTATION OF MICRO-SAVINGS PROGRAM FOR LOIYANGALANI BUSINESSES, a micro-savings training program to be delivered to the 60 businesses previously funded by DFW in 2009 from Loiyangalani: 4 training sessions of 15 groups each in 2011.
MISSION: 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. BOMA does this by implementing innovative micro-finance and skills-training programs in order to establish enduring small businesses; by providing merit-based se condary, vocational and university scholarships for ambitious students willing to give back to their communities; by creating awareness of the plight of pastoral nomadic communities; and by mobilizing human, financial and technical resources so that residents may lead healthy, productive lives.
THE BOMA PROJECT’S STORY: Kathleen Colson, the founder and executive director of BOMA, has been organizing and leading safaris in Kenya for over 25 years, as well as working with various conservation and humanitarian causes throughout Africa. In 2005, she created the BOMA Fund, recently renamed to the BOMA Project, which is co-led by Ahmed Omar, the BOMA Project’s Operations Director in Kenya.
