Care economy activities and business model

About the organization:
Travail is an on-demand Colombian platform that connects clients with potential workers interested in developing hourly jobs in operational positions such as cleaners, domestic workers, chefs, technical assistants, and other services. Travail aims to solve personnel absenteeism in domestic and care jobs while allowing young people, especially students and invulnerable conditions, to access these jobs, get training and earn extra money. Gig workers find through Travail job opportunities that provide schedule flexibility, a wide range of jobs and tasks to complete, and fair payment. By doing so, the company helps to reduce the time dedicated to domestic services.

Activities in the care economy:
Provision of technology & services that train/upskill domestic & care workers (e.g. technology that links employers to domestic/care workers), Provision of technology, services & policies/practice that improve condition for domestic & care worker (e.g. apps that calculate decent remuneration), Provision of affordable time and labour saving technology and products (e.g. product that makes washing, cooking more efficient)

Stage of growth: Small scale roll-out/Early stage

Type of services: Domestic services, Labour saving solutions

Number of customers (2020): Information not available

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Number of customers (2018): Information not available

Financials

Profitability status:
Not available

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Pathways to impact

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

Pathway to impact – 4 Rs: Reduce

Populations affected: Unpaid domestic workers, Paid domestic workers

Number of people served (2020): Information not available

Number of people served (2019): Information not available

Number of people served (2018): Information not available