Care economy activities and business model

About the organization:
Prime Indonesia is a for-profit enterprise that produces and distributes energy-saving biomass stoves. The company serves poor people in Indonesia by providing cheaper cook stoves. It reduces the amount of time spent by women in cooking and wood collection, and saves households from spending on refilling LPG or Kerosene. In addition, prime stoves are also healthy and energy-efficient products, reducing maternal and child mortality due to smoke when cooking using traditional stoves.

Activities in the care economy:
Provision of technology, services & policies/practice that improve conditions for domestic & care worker

Stage of growth: Mass roll-out/Expansion

Type of services: Domestic services

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

Profitability status:
Not profitable yet but planning to become profitable within 5 years

Revenue USD (2020): Less than 10,000

Revenue USD (2019): Less than 10,000

Revenue USD (2018): Between 10,000 to 50,000

Pathways to impact

Challenge addressed:
Lack of affordable solutions to reduce amount of time spent on care and domestic work

Pathway to impact – 4 Rs: Reduce

Populations affected: Unpaid care workers, Infants or children, Elderly people

Number of people served (2020): Less than 1,000

Number of people served (2019): Less than 1,000

Number of people served (2018): Less than 1,000