AgeWatch Africa Foundation
Company overview
Website:
agewatchafrica.com
Headquarters: Kenya
Countries of Operations: Kenya
Women owned /led: This enterprise is not women owned or led as it does not meet the criteria of having a woman founder, and/or being 51% women owned and/or having at least 30% of women in senior leadership and/or board of directors
Year of founding: 2019
Number of FTEs
: 5 to 20 FTEs
Legal status of the organization : Non-profit
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Company overview
Website: www.lavanderiapp.io
Headquarters: Mexico
Countries of Operations: Mexico
Legal status of the organization
: For-profit
Year of founding: 2018
Number of FTEs
: 5 to 20 FTEs
Women owned / led: Founder
Care economy activities and business model
About the organization:
AgeWatch Africa Foundation (AAF) is a non-profit social enterprise whose mission is to provide compassionate and high-quality care to the elderly in rural Kenya. AAF provides a variety of care services including home care, group day-care, palliative care and a full-service residential care facility. AAF’s customers include economically disadvantaged, those in poor health, people living with disability, and those living alone.
Activities in the care economy:
Provision of affordable services that provide care & domestic work
AgeWatch Africa Foundation (AAF) is a non-profit social enterprise whose mission is to provide compassionate and high-quality care to the elderly in rural Kenya. AAF provides a variety of care services including home care, group day-care, palliative care and a full-service residential care facility. AAF’s customers include economically disadvantaged, those in poor health, people living with disability, and those living alone.
Stage of growth: Small scale roll-out/Early stage
Type of services: Elderly-care (Ages 60 and above), Care for persons with special needs (disabled / differently abled persons), Care for people with illnesses
Number of customers (2020): Less than 1,000
Number of customers (2019): Less than 1,000
Number of customers (2018): Not applicable
Type of services: Elderly-care (Ages 60 and above), Care for persons with special needs (disabled / differently abled persons), Care for people with illnesses
Number of customers (2020): Less than 1,000
Number of customers (2019): Less than 1,000
Number of customers (2018): Not applicable
Financials
Revenue USD (2020): Less than 10,000
Revenue USD (2019): Less than 10,000
Revenue USD (2018): Not applicable
Pathways to impact
Challenge addressed:
Lack of recognition and action with regards to unfair distribution of care and domestic work, Lack of affordable solutions to reduce amount of time spent on care and domestic work, Others
Pathway to impact - 4 Rs: Recognize, Redistribute, Reduce, Reward
Populations affected: Unpaid care workers, Paid care workers, Elderly people, Persons with special needs or with illnesses
Number of people served (2020): Less than 1,000
Number of people served (2019): Less than 1,000
Number of people served (2019): Not applicable