Vision — Oda Foundation

Oda Foundation Vision and Mission

Our Vision

An equal future where healthcare, education and opportunity is within reach for communities regardless of where they live, their gender or their caste.

Our Mission

Our mission is to work alongside communities in Kalikot to bring essential healthcare, education and opportunities closer to every individual and initiate community-led development by investing in local people, knowledge and leadership.

The Co-Investment Approach

Headquartered in the district of Kalikot, our initiatives in healthcare, education, and community support have become critical, lifesaving services.
Hand-in-hand with local leaders, private partners, and government offices, we develop community-led solutions, helping Nepal’s most impoverished and remote communities to thrive.
View our 2025 Impact Report here.

We Are Local

Founded by an Oda native, Oda Foundation was born to address the daily basic challenges of the people that included access to healthcare. Our team consists of 80% local people that grew up living the challenging reality that we are working to remove. Learn more about Team Oda.

We Know Our Community

We built a community center on land contributed by over 15 local families. Oda Foundation would not be where it is today without the support of the local community. We work hand in hand with the local resources and people to create a lasting change. Read about a local woman (pictured here) that donated land for our hospital.

We Are Saving Lives

Our hospital provides high-quality healthcare plus emergency care 24/7. It is the only hospital in the wardWe average 600+ patient visits a month. Learn about our lifesaving clinic.

Since being founded in 2013, we have taken a long-term approach to building relationships, hiring a 95% local, Nepali team.

In 2016, the Kalikot District Development Committee recognized Oda Foundation as Kalikot’s most effective health and education organization.

Why are we here?

Kalikot District and the village of Oda are located in Nepal’s Karnali Province, the country’s most deprived province, where the multidimensional poverty rate is 39.5 percent, compared to 17.4 percent nationally (National Planning Commission, 2021).

Nepal is set to graduate from the UN’s Least Developed Country category, but that progress has not reached every corner of the country. Kalikot is among the country’s poorest districts and our communities struggle with malnutrition and extreme poverty, along with difficulty in accessing professional health care and education. On the top of that, gender and caste discrimination block women’s access to economic opportunity, education, and equal healthcare.