Eau et Vie

Company overview
Headquarters: France
Countries of Operations: Bangladesh, Philippines
Women owned /led: Founded by at least one woman, At least 30% women in senior leadership positions, At least 30% of women in board of directors
Year of founding: 2008
Number of FTEs : >100 FTEs
Legal status of the organization : Non-profit

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Company overview
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:
Eau et Vie is a non-profit that develops water networks in slum areas to provide affordable and sustainable tap water at home. The organization is able to serve tap water in locations where operators of municipal systems are unable to reach. This enables time savings for women and reduces drudgery in accessing water from inconvenient locations. Furthermore, it not only promotes urban inclusion but also has impacts on aspects such as hygiene (personal and menstrual), fire-fighting, waste management and sanitation.
Activities in the care economy: Provision of technology, services & policies/practice that improve conditions for domestic & care worker
Stage of growth: Small scale roll-out/Early stage
Type of services: Domestic services, Labour saving solutions
Number of customers (2020): Between 25,000 to 100,000
Number of customers (2019): Between 25,000 to 100,000
Number of customers (2018): Between 25,000 to 100,000
Financials
Profitability status: Not profitable yet but planning to become profitable after 5 years
Revenue USD (2020): Between 500,000 to 1 million
Revenue USD (2019): Between 500,000 to 1 million
Revenue USD (2018): Between 250,000 to 500,000
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
Pathway to impact - 4 Rs: Recognize, Reduce
Populations affected: Unpaid care workers, Paid care workers, Infants or children, Elderly people
Number of people served (2020): Between 25,000 to 100,000
Number of people served (2019): Between 5,000 to 25,000
Number of people served (2018): Between 5,000 to 25,000