Ensure Incredible Next Steps at Oda Foundation

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Read below about our exciting next chapter! Donate and make a life-saving impact for years to come.

$19,942

raised by 56 people

$200,000 goal

It has been 10 years of operations at Oda Foundation. An incredible journey. Join us as we actualize our long-term, transformational goal of being fully Nepali-led and funded.

We are ready for our next chapter: shifting from 25% government and in-country partner support, to upwards of 70% in 2026 and coming year! Read more below!

But first: Your support has helped us do the hard, beautiful work of getting to this point. Thank you. This is true sustainability for our work and this community. See a recent update and photos, here.

$25 provides medicine for 8 patients. $45 is a medical assistant's salary for a week. You make a life-changing difference when you give to Oda Foundation.

Read our 10-year anniversary letter and budget details, here.

YOUR IMPACT: Where $200,000 will go over the course of 2 years

HEALTH: Your donation directly provides for free and lowest-cost critical healthcare for 25,000+ patients over the next two years while we secure government and Ministry of Health partnerships.
$2,000 for the birthing center and $43,000 for medicine and emergency response.

EDUCATION: Your donation directly provides teacher salaries and materials for the fourth and fifth year of our innovative public school partnership, while operations and funding transfer to one of our in-country nonprofit partners.
$22,000 for salaries and programs as operations shift to partners.

ENTERPRISE and OPERATIONS: While the District Agriculture Office will assume stewardship of Karnali Ratna enterprises, this supports salaries, maintenance, and buffer funds for the next two years as we transition Oda Foundation staff to local work, ongoing agri-business, and employment with partner organizations.
$25,000 for enterprise salaries as operations shift to partners and profitability, $8,000 for unexpected costs, $15,000 for grounds maintenance and staff meals, and $85,000 for all staff salaries.

OUR BACKGROUND: Why Oda Foundation is a critical organization in rural Nepal

Oda Foundation, headquartered in rural Kalikot, Nepal, provides support and infrastructure for community initiatives in healthcare, education, and livelihood. That includes healthcare at little to no-cost, a birthing center, and full-scale women's health supports from perinatal care to menstrual hygiene advocacy and materials.

THE ODA FOUNDATION IMPACT (Read more in our 2021-2022 Impact Report.)

Whether connecting local women and girls to life-altering education, or preventing childhood deaths from bacterial and viral disease: Oda Foundation has established life-changing services in Kalikot.

In 10 years, you have helped us:

Tirelessly establish country-wide partnerships with the Ministry of Health and government agencies, and dozens of non-profits including Save the Children;
Serve over 160,000 patients in our clinic and our emergency response network, plus thousands more with community-wide programs on public health, menstrual advocacy and hygiene, and mental health;
Create educational opportunities for more than 5,000 local children and a scholarship programs for girls;
And above all, we have catalyzed the possibility of a full government-supported community center in a rural Nepal location.

THE NEXT CHAPTER: 2023 onwards

It has always been our plan to transition into a fully Nepali-led organization. From our first pharmacy in a cowshed, with tarps laid over walls and medicine walked in from miles away, we have had quite the journey. At 10 years, we are taking steps to sustain this work with carefully transferring operations, programs, and funding to a fully Nepali-led team and partner organizations. Learn more details in our 10-year anniversary letter.

(photo of Oda Foundation campus, located a 3+ hour hike from the nearest main road and 5+ hours from the next-nearest hospital)