Care economy activities and business model

About the organization:
Hasu is a for-profit start-up in Vietnam that caters to the physical, mental and emotional needs of elderly. Through the app, Hasu aims to aggregate the various services that are required by elderly people. It services include nursing, nutrition, games and exercises. The business contributes to the redistribution and reduction of care work within households, as well as greater digital awareness and technology use amongst the elderly.

Activities in the care economy:
Provision of affordable services that provide care & domestic work

Stage of growth: Mass roll-out/Expansion

Type of services: Elderly-care (Ages 60 and above)

Number of customers (2020): Between 5,000 to 25,000

Number of customers (2019): Information not available

Number of customers (2018): Information not available

Financials

Profitability status:
Not profitable yet but planning to become profitable within 3 years

Revenue USD (2020): Between 10,000 to 50,000

Revenue USD (2019): Information not available

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, Limited redistribution of care and domestic work to other actors in the care economy

Pathway to impact – 4 Rs: Reduce, Redistribute

Populations affected: Elderly people

Number of people served (2020): Between 5,000 to 25,000

Number of people served (2019): Information not available

Number of people served (2019): Not applicable