Folia Water
Company overview
Website:
www.foliawater.com
Headquarters: United States of America
Countries of Operations: Bangladesh
Women owned /led: Founded by at least one woman
Year of founding: 2016
Number of FTEs
: 5 to 20 FTEs
Legal status of the organization
: For-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:
Folia Water is a for-profit company. It provides affordable and effective water filtration systems to communities that lack access to safe and potable water. Its patented silver-infused filter papers kill bacteria and viruses and filter out dirt and larger parasites. Its water filteration systems reduce the drudgery in collecting water from inconvenient places, especially for women. Other associated impacts include reduced negative health impacts from unsafe water and associated time and capital costs for low-income households.
Activities in the care economy:
Provision of affordable time and labour saving technology and products
Folia Water is a for-profit company. It provides affordable and effective water filtration systems to communities that lack access to safe and potable water. Its patented silver-infused filter papers kill bacteria and viruses and filter out dirt and larger parasites. Its water filteration systems reduce the drudgery in collecting water from inconvenient places, especially for women. Other associated impacts include reduced negative health impacts from unsafe water and associated time and capital costs for low-income households.
Stage of growth: Small scale roll-out/Early stage
Type of services: Domestic services, Labour saving solutions
Number of customers (2020): Less than 1,000
Number of customers (2019): Less than 1,000
Number of customers (2018): Information not available
Type of services: Domestic services, Labour saving solutions
Number of customers (2020): Less than 1,000
Number of customers (2019): Less than 1,000
Number of customers (2018): Information not available
Financials
Revenue USD (2020): Less than 10,000
Revenue USD (2019): Less than 10,000
Revenue USD (2018): Information not available
Pathways to impact
Challenge addressed:
Lack of affordable solutions to reduce amount of time spent on care and domestic work, Others
Pathway to impact - 4 Rs: Reduce
Populations affected: Infants or children, Elderly people, Persons with special needs or with illnesses, Others
Number of people served (2020): Between 1,000 to 5,000
Number of people served (2019): Between 1,000 to 5,000
Number of people served (2019): Information not available