Care economy activities and business model

About the organization:
Phulki is the pioneer in establishing early childhood development programs in Bangladesh. Phulki provides various training on health issues, woman rights, and vocational trainings such as caregiver training, supervision training and others, to increase women’s financial stability. It has setup childcare facilities in the workplace for women that are employed in garment factories in Bangladesh. Phulki also works with domestic house helpers building their capacity.

Activities in the care economy:
Provision of affordable services that provide care & domestic work

Stage of growth: Established/Mature

Type of services: Infant-care (children younger than 1-year), Child-care (Ages 1 to 5), Child-care (Ages 6 and above), Domestic services, Labour saving solutions

Number of customers (2020): Over 100,000

Number of customers (2019): Over 100,000

Number of customers (2018): Over 100,000

Financials

Profitability status: Not applicable

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, Limited redistribution of care and domestic work to other actors in the care economy

Pathway to impact – 4 Rs: Reduce, Redistribute

Populations affected: Unpaid care workers, Paid care workers, Unpaid domestic workers, Paid domestic workers, Infants or children

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

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

Number of people served (2018): Over 100,000