Care economy activities and business model

About the organization:
LavanderiApp is a platform of high social impact that generates sources of self-employment for women through the provision of laundry services. It aims to reduce the amount of time spent on domestic services and to provide flexible jobs for women. They plan to expand through Latin America and to become a flexible and marked-based solution for both employees and clients.

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)

Stage of growth: Mass roll-out/Expansion

Type of services: Domestic services, Labour saving solutions

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

Number of customers (2019): Between 1,000 to 5,000

Number of customers (2018): Between 1,000 to 5,000

Financials

Profitability status: Financially profitable

Revenue USD (2020): Between 50,000 to 100,000

Revenue USD (2019): Between 10,000 to 50,000

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 (Reduce)

Pathway to impact – 4 Rs: Reduce

Populations affected: Unpaid domestic workers, Paid domestic workers

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

Number of people served (2019): Between 1,000 to 5,000

Number of people served (2018): Between 1,000 to 5,000