Kidogo
Company overview
Website:
www.kidogo.co
Headquarters: Kenya
Countries of Operations: Kenya
Women owned /led: Founded by at least one woman
Year of founding: 2014
Number of FTEs
: 50 to 100 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:
Kidogo is a non-profit social enterprise that improves access to high-quality, affordable early childhood care & education in Kenya's low-income communities. Kidogo supports women entrepreneurs to initiate or improve the quality of their own, community-based childcare micro-businesses. Kidogo reduces care work as parents have access to quality childcare service at the centres. 82% of Kidogo kids hit developmental goals. Kidogo kids receive health and nutrition interventions, that have also led to a 41% reduction in stunting.
Activities in the care economy:
Provision of affordable services that provide care & domestic work
Kidogo is a non-profit social enterprise that improves access to high-quality, affordable early childhood care & education in Kenya's low-income communities. Kidogo supports women entrepreneurs to initiate or improve the quality of their own, community-based childcare micro-businesses. Kidogo reduces care work as parents have access to quality childcare service at the centres. 82% of Kidogo kids hit developmental goals. Kidogo kids receive health and nutrition interventions, that have also led to a 41% reduction in stunting.
Stage of growth: Mass roll-out/Expansion
Type of services: Infant-care (children younger than 1-year), Child-care (Ages 1 to 5)
Number of customers (2020): Less than 1,000
Number of customers (2019): Less than 1,000
Number of customers (2018): Less than 1,000
Type of services: Infant-care (children younger than 1-year), Child-care (Ages 1 to 5)
Number of customers (2020): Less than 1,000
Number of customers (2019): Less than 1,000
Number of customers (2018): Less than 1,000
Financials
Revenue USD (2020): Between 10,000 to 50,000
Revenue USD (2019): Between 10,000 to 50,000
Revenue USD (2018): Information not available
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, Lack of / poor remuneration for care and domestic workers
Pathway to impact - 4 Rs: Recognize, Reward, Redistribute
Populations affected: Unpaid care workers, Paid care workers, Unpaid domestic workers, Paid domestic workers, Infants or children
Number of people served (2020): Between 5,000 to 25,000
Number of people served (2019): Between 5,000 to 25,000
Number of people served (2019): Between 1,000 to 5,000