Care economy activities and business model

About the organization:
Me Cuidas is a company that offers flexible care services for children and the elderly, full-time or hourly. Me Cuidas cultivates families’ trust by hiring experienced caregivers with the skills and knowledge to provide high-quality services. Over the years, the company has collaborated with female heads of household, professionals, technicians, and students of careers related to the care of people, contributing to their personal and professional growth.

Activities in the care economy: Provision of affordable services that provide care & domestic work (e.g. affordable daycare services in rural areas)

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

Type of services: Infant-care (children younger than 1-year), Child-care (Ages 1 to 5), Elderly-care (Ages 60 and above)

Number of customers (2020): Not available

Number of customers (2019): Not available

Number of customers (2018): Not available

Financials

Profitability status: Information not available

Revenue USD (2020): Not available

Revenue USD (2019): Not available

Revenue USD (2018): Not available

Pathways to impact

Challenge addressed: Lack of affordable solutions to reduce amount of time spent on care and domestic work (Reduce), Limited redistribution of care and domestic work to other actors in the care economy (Redistribute)

Pathway to impact – 4 Rs: Reduce, Redistribute

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

Number of people served (2020): Not available

Number of people served (2019): Not available

Number of people served (2018): Not available