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Kathmandu, Nepal
A small initiative driven by one man's dream to build better community grew to become Daya Foundation. We honor Mr. Dayaram Bhakta Mathema's vision, who has given us the purpose to serve our community, and are determined to deliver significant support and activities to educational, health and cultural initiatives. We believe in collaboration with implementing partners and agencies that are already functioning in these sectors for improving the lives of those unprivileged.
We are a registered non-profit organization that is operating in full-fledge. We provide
financial, technical and volunteer assistance to different projects running in areas of
Education, Health and Culture. We operate through contributions from Dayaram Bhakta Mathema's
family and support from other philanthropic agencies or people.
Our core working
principle is partnership with other NGOs, schools, colleges, youth groups, hospitals and
healthcare centers, rehabilitation centers and community groups. Many such agencies have grown
in Nepal with innovative ideas to improve lives of the Nepalese. We are guided by the idea to
support them from the back-end and push them to implement such ideas and projects for our
community.
LATE Dayaram Bhakta Mathema, a man who devoted more than five decades of his life to state
and
public service, lived with the dream to see a better community with better opportunities for
education, health service and preserved cultural legacy. Born on January 25, 1927, Mr.
Mathema saw the bitter reality of Nepalese society with daunting status of education and
health services during the early 40's itself when he worked as a statesman for the Royal
family.
Emerging from this long-standing desire to contribute to the society, it cultivated a vision
in Mr.Mathema that took the form of Daya Foundation. The Foundation has a firm aim to bring
positive changes in education, health and culture. Mr. Mathema also believed strongly in
women's higher education and supported their empowerment. With this belief, Daya Foundation
launched its first project "Kanti Ishwari Scholarship" on August, 2009 which has been
providing scholarship to five women pursuing masters' course of women studies in Padma Kanya
Campus, Tribhuwan University every year.
There has been no looking back since then. The foundation has initiated mid-day meal program
for Bidhodaya School, Kathmandu and Bhairav Prathmik School, Dhulikhel with the intention to
fulfill nutritional needs of students studying in government schools. It has been supporting
another institution named Early Rehabilitation Centre (ERC) since its early days. The
Foundation supports publication of Braille books every year, and also has launched social
entrepreneurship activities for the visually-impaired. The foundation began its intervention
in health sector by joining hands with Dhulikhel hospital, Chetrapati clinic and Nepal
Ambulance Service by sponsoring health service machines, and organizing comprehensive
community health camps. Similarly, it is also actively engaged to restore temples, water
sprouts and preserving the historic house of Mathema family situated at Om: Bahal tole,
Kathmandu.
Mr. Mathema passed away in 2008, but his vision and dream is alive in the form of Daya
Foundation. The foundation is continuously working to develop ingenious programs for
community welfare and development at present.
Daya Foundation envisions a more resilient Nepalese community having improved standards of education, health and culture. The foundation supports humanitarian initiatives working for the welfare of Nepalese and creates resources to alleviate community problems in these issue areas. The foundation facilitates the empowerment of the society as a whole through scholarship programs, healthcare improvement, delivering positive human values and entrepreneurship programs.
To provide financial/or in-kind and technical assistance to educational institutions to ensure smooth and healthy learning environment.
To initiate scholarship and fellowship opportunities for diligent students on merit and need- based criteria.
To collaborate with health institutions for holistic development of healthcare facilities for community.
To identify, restore and preserve the art and cultural heritage of Nepal.
To support various programs operating for the enrichment and promotion of Nepalese literature.
To deliver immediate relief and recovery programs for Nepalese community during vulnerable situations such as disasters.
To facilitate youth and women empowerment through entrepreneurship opportunities.
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President
Vice-President
General Secretary
Executive Founding Member
Treasurer
Daya Foundation works to support, facilitate and initiate programs to improve the standards of
education, health and culture of the Nepalese community. It collaborates with various other
NGOs, schools, hospitals, healthcare centers and community groups to provide them with
assistance needed to operate projects in these areas.
Daya Foundation's main work commitment is the improvement of learning environment in schools,
promoting efficient health services, preserving the cultural legacy of Nepalese community and
delivering any type of community welfare whenever required, as per community needs.
No, Daya Foundation is not a political organization. It is purely a philanthropic and social welfare agency. The foundation has been registered as a non-profit organization, and guided by the major principle of serving the community people.
As any other foundation, Daya Foundation also works solely with the help of contributions. Major contributors are from Dayaram Bhakta Mathema's family, and relatives. There are several other philanthropic people who contribute to the foundation's works.
Yes, anyone can become a contributor to Daya Foundation. He/she can donate amount as per his/her desire.
All of our contributors get the wonderful opportunity to become an invaluable part of the programs and initiatives run by the Foundation. Daya Foundation acknowledges all of its contributors with an authorized letter and certificate, and involvement in all such programs.
You can also contact for in-cash donation.
You can also contribute in-kind materials for schools, hospitals and healthcare centers with
whom we have joined hands with.
Yes, Daya Foundation provides internship and volunteering opportunities for students and youth.
We have partnered with several schools, hospitals, healthcare centers and other such institutes
working in education, health and cultural sector. We help to place our volunteers in these
agencies as required.
You can always refer to the careers in our website for any volunteering and internship
opportunity or contact the official address of Daya Foundation.