One Stop Development Agency (ODA), a Kenyan NGO founded in 2011, advances climate resilience, sustainable livelihoods, and inclusive development in Kenya’s ASALs. Through locally-led, globally informed solutions, ODA combats poverty, food insecurity, water scarcity, and climate change, empowering communities and fostering multi-stakeholder partnerships to achieve scalable impact aligned with SDGs 1, 2, 6, 13, and 17.
Anchored in the principle of ‘Think Globally, Act Locally,’ ODA integrates global best practices with locally-driven solutions, delivering context-specific, scalable, and sustainable impact. Through strategic collaborations with marginalized communities, governments, private sector, and International, National NGOs, Communities Based Organizations (CBOs). We advance transformative change aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Kenya’s ASAL Regions”
Embracing unity amidst diversity, this theme celebrates the collective efforts towards climate action in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL). It emphasizes the pivotal role of collabaration and global solidarity in addressing environmental challenges. Though a unified approach, diverse stakeholders come together as one global community, fostering sustainable initiatives that make a lasting impact on the ASAL regions’ ecological and social landsacpe.
Our Vision
Foster prosperous and resilient underserved communities across Kenya's Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs), who are the principal architects of their own development, masters of their governance, and pioneers of climate adaptation.
Our Mission
Empower underserved communities to become the principal architects, masters, and pioneers of their future by providing the critical skills, resources, and knowledge to drive resilient and sustainable development, shape accountable governance, and innovate climate adaptation.
Core Values
- Community-Centred – We place arid and semi-arid populations at the heart of our work, ensuring their voices, needs, and aspirations guide our actions.
- Accountable – We are answerable to the communities we serve and transparent with our partners in delivering on our commitments.
- Respect Traditional Knowledge – We honour indigenous practices and wisdom, integrating them with modern approaches to create sustainable solutions.
- Data-Driven – We ground our decisions and interventions in evidence, learning, and continuous improvement.