Karnali Ratna
Oda Foundation’s ground-breaking social enterprise designed to increase Oda Foundation's financial durability, decrease long-term reliance on foreign donations, and create opportunity that mitigates adversity.
Green Economy + Skill Sustainability
Karnali Ratna seeks to promote a green economy through amplifying nutrition education, business, and livelihood that merges with our community’s existing needs and skills. (Pictured: Narma, our Livelihood Coordinator.)
Addressing food insecurity and agricultural enterprise, Karnali Ratna has produced 1000+ pounds of tomatoes, carrots, radishes, garlic, squashes, cauliflower, chillies and cabbages.
Exploring Enterprise
Karnali Ratna generates 2000 liters of milk / year from water buffaloes, plus sales from a poultry farm. Our Jeep business runs from Nepalgunj, Surkhet and Manma, capitalizing on ongoing transport between these areas.
Karnali Ratna Mission
- Support the Foundation’s operations through sustainable revenue generation
- Increase local livelihoods that actionably impact challenges such as untouchability, patriarchy, menstrual taboos, domestic violence, illiteracy and food scarcity
- Empower long lasting change through permaculture philosophies, job opportunities, and stable incomes
Karnali Ratna actively advocates for women and places power in their hands.
70+ community women, so far, have joined the Cooperative to have opportunities in self-sufficient agriculture. Karnali Ratna also provides new employment opportunities to women in our community.
Interested?
Learn more about how you can be part of creating a more sustainable Oda community. Reach out at info@odafoundation.org. We would love to hear from you.
