Care economy activities and business model

About the organization:
Sitters4U is a for-profit childcare placement agency in South Africa. It services inclued placing long term and short term, part-time to full-time professional au pairs, professional nannies, infant care specialists, homeschooling teachers, tutors and night nurses. Through its services, the company reduces time spent on unpaid care work.

Activities in the care economy: Provision of technology & services that train/upskill domestic & care workers, 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)

Number of customers (2020): Information not available

Number of customers (2019): Information not available

Number of customers (2018): Information not available

Financials

Profitability status: Financially profitable

Revenue USD (2020): Information not available

Revenue USD (2019): Information not available

Revenue USD (2018): Information not available

Pathways to impact

Challenge addressed: Lack of recognition and action with regards to unfair distribution of care and domestic work, Lack of affordable solutions to reduce amount of time spent on care and domestic work

Pathway to impact – 4 Rs: Recognize, Reduce

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

Number of people served (2020): Information not available

Number of people served (2019): Information not available

Number of people served (2018): Information not available