Partnering with Government for Scale
THE CHALLENGE: Despite notable economic growth across several African nations in the region, significant portions of the population continue to live below the international poverty line (currently set at $2.15 per day by the World Bank). Economic inequality, corruption, limited access to healthcare, the growing impacts of climate change, and increased numbers of displaced people all contribute to increased poverty numbers. Government-led initiatives have demonstrated the effectiveness of social protection programming, yet ongoing crises threaten to undermine progress.
OUR SOLUTION: BOMA collaborates closely with African governments to expand poverty reduction efforts and economic inclusion programs via our REAP for Government model. By partnering with national and local government initiatives, BOMA contributes technical expertise and direct implementation support to enhance social protection and economic inclusion strategies, such as the Kenya Social Economic Inclusion Project (KSEIP), which empowers people living in extreme poverty to build sustainable livelihoods. This collaborative model builds the capacity of government agencies to adopt, scale, and sustain programs that advance economic inclusion, especially for women and marginalized communities across the African drylands. Through these strategic partnerships, BOMA aims to reach three million people by 2027, leveraging government resources, data, and policies to ensure consistent, long-lasting impact across diverse populations.
REAP FOR GOVERNMENT
Key Impacts

Strengthened Capacity
In addition to strengthening the capacity of existing initiatives, the REAP for Government model improves program efficiency and reduces costs

Improved Strategies
With over 400 million people living in extreme poverty across Africa, social safety nets and economic inclusion programs are needed to move the needle

Scale & Sustainability
By leveraging existing knowledge and systems, government partnerships allow for greater reach, more diversity in enrollment, and long-term impact
Programs
Kuza Jamii (Kenya)
Transforming Communities (Kuza Jamii) is a government-adapted, gender-sensitive, and community-led poverty graduation project funded by the UK FCDO that builds the capacity of village savings and loan associations (VSLAs) and Ward-level producer cooperatives. The inclusion of cooperatives has been designed to ensure last-mile agri-business stakeholders are reached with the aim to increase farmer and pastoralist incomes and improve their access to inputs, credit, markets, and market innovations. The project creates stronger service provisions, markets linkages, and financial services for those living in extreme poverty, and in particular, women and people living with disabilities. The project also aims to strengthen the capacity of the Government of Kenya (GoK) so they can progressively assume full ownership over the national Economic Inclusion Program (EIP) in eight Hunger Safety Net Program (HSNP) counties: Garissa, Isiolo, Mandera, Marsabit, Samburu, Tana River, Turkana and Wajir. The program is anchored under the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection and implemented in collaboration with the Directorate of Social Development (DSD) and five other local nonprofit organizations. The core components of the 12-month initiative is built around best practices learned from previous government-led safety net programs such as HSNP1, HSNP2, as well as KSEIP. Program interventions include intensive guidance for agri-businesses, integration with the national policy and legal frameworks for people living with disabilities (PLWD), and the utilization of national and county-level frameworks for joint management of participant data.
KSEIP (Kenya)
(Kenya Social and Economic Inclusion Project)
As part of KSEIP, BOMA, in partnership with the World Bank’s Global Development Incubator and Village Enterprise, assisted the Kenyan Ministry of Labor and Social Protection to integrate our graduation-based model into their social protection program. One key adaptation of this program was the inclusion of male participants, as well as the option to form business groups with one, two, or three members (as opposed to BOMA’s standard three). By the end of 2023 approximately 9,354 participants (along with 11,000 household members) in Marsabit, Taita Taveta, Makueni, and Murang’a counties had been targeted for program induction. As part of KSEIP Phase II, BOMA is working closely with government agencies to strengthen capacity for further scale up of the Graduation-based approach as part of the overall national protection strategy and a second cohort of 7,500 participants has been launched.
Programme for Rural Outreach of Financial Innovations and Technologies (PROFIT) (Kenya)
BOMA piloted the PROFIT Financial Graduation pilot in partnership with the Government of Kenya, alongside CARE International and BRAC Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative with support from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). BOMA led the enrollment of 1,600 participants in Samburu County and by the end of the project interventions in June 2019, 1,526 women graduated, with 95% of businesses still operational at the two-year exit mark.
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