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HEALTHCARE• SOLIDARITY • LIFE

A black and white photo of three young girls smiling and walking in a street with a weathered building and electric wires overhead in Tondo, Manila ©R. Hartel for odoVita.
A black and white photo of three young girls smiling and walking in a street with a weathered building and electric wires overhead in Tondo, Manila ©R. Hartel for odoVita.

©R. Hartel for odoVita

Our Mission

Health is an inalienable right of every child, as enshrined in Article 24 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This article affirms every child's right to 'the highest attainable standard of health' and to 'facilities for the treatment of illness and rehabilitation of health,' with a strong emphasis on the 'development of primary healthcare.

Our mission is to provide comprehensive community-based healthcare for children, adolescents, and their families living in precarious situations or poverty.

Boys playing basketball outdoors on a makeshift court, jumping to make a shot at the hoop attached to a wooden wall, while other children watch nearby in a neighborhood setting with houses and utility wires in Tondo, Manila ©R. Hartel for odoVita.
Boys playing basketball outdoors on a makeshift court, jumping to make a shot at the hoop attached to a wooden wall, while other children watch nearby in a neighborhood setting with houses and utility wires in Tondo, Manila ©R. Hartel for odoVita.

©R. Hartel for odoVita

Annual Report 2025

Humanity’s greatest strength may be our ability to adjust—to adapt to almost any circumstance. Yet this is also a curse.

Over time, we stop being appalled by what we see every day and we grow used to the unacceptable. We build societies that allow our fellow human beings to live in such abysmal poverty.

But none of this is inevitable. It is human-made. And because it is human-made, it can be changed. The same is true for our health systems.

Health is a right, not a privilege.

Every child deserves the chance to grow up healthy, no matter where they're born. odoVita provides community-based healthcare to children, adolescents, and families living in poverty — from antenatal care for mothers to treatment for preventable illness. Your donation helps us reach the families the world too often overlooks, giving them access to the care, support, and dignity every person deserves.

Change a life today, change your life today.

-Simone de Beauvoir

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