Care economy activities and business model

 About the organization:
BURN is a for-profit company that manufactures affordable clean cookstoves for households in sub-Saharan Africa. To date, BURN has sold over 1.2 million stoves. BURN’s cookstoves save money, fuel and time for its customers and help reduce harmful indoor smoke emissions which can cause significant health problems. The company’s products are instrumental in reducing the burden of collecting firewood, which typically falls on women, and potentially exposes them to risk of physical and sexual violence.

Activities in the care economy:
Provision of affordable time and labour saving technology and products

Stage of growth: Mass roll-out/Expansion

Type of services: Labour saving solutions

Number of customers (2020): Over 100,000

Number of customers (2019): Over 100,000

Number of customers (2018): 100,000 or more

Financials

Profitability status:
Financially profitable

Revenue USD (2020): Over 1 million

Revenue USD (2019): Over 1 million

Revenue USD (2018): Over 1 million

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, Paid care workers, Unpaid domestic workers, Paid domestic workers, Infants or children, Elderly people, Persons with special needs or with illnesses

Number of people served (2020): Over 100,000

Number of people served (2019): Over 100,000

Number of people served (2019): Over 100,000