Care economy activities and business model
About the organization:
Zolvers is an online platform that aims to improve the lives of 17 million domestic workers in Latin America through better job opportunities and financial inclusion. Zolvers offer a range of care and household services: accompaniment for the elderly, nursing, care for people with disabilities, plumbing, painting, electricity services, gas filters, house and office cleaning, installation services, and general repairs. They directly impact the redistribution of care and domestic services to a third party, helping to reduce the time households spend on those activities. Through technology, its mission is to connect customers with people looking for cleaning or home maintenance work.
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), Provision of technology, services & policies/practice that improve condition for domestic & care worker (e.g. apps that calculate decent remuneration), Provision of affordable time and labour saving technology and products (e.g. product that makes washing, cooking more efficient), Provision of affordable services that provide care & domestic work (e.g. affordable daycare services in rural areas)
Stage of growth: Mass roll-out/Expansion
Type of services: Elderly-care (Ages 60 and above), Care for persons with special needs (disabled / differently abled persons), Care for people with illnesses, Domestic services, Labour saving solutions
Number of customers (2020): Between 25,000 to 100,000
Number of customers (2019): Between 25,000 to 100,000
Number of customers (2018): Between 25,000 to 100,000
Financials
Profitability status: Financially profitable
Revenue USD (2020): Between 250,000 to 500,000
Revenue USD (2019): Between 250,000 to 500,000
Revenue USD (2018): Between 250,000 to 500,000
Pathways to impact
Challenge addressed:
Lack of recognition and action with regards to unfair distribution of care and domestic work (Recognize), Lack of affordable solutions to reduce amount of time spent on care and domestic work (Reduce), Lack of / poor remuneration for care and domestic workers (Reward), Limited redistribution of care and domestic work to other actors in the care economy (Redistribute)
Pathway to impact – 4 Rs: Recognize, Reward, Redistribute
Populations affected: Unpaid care workers, Paid care workers, Unpaid domestic workers, Paid domestic workers, Elderly people, Persons with special needs or with illnesses
Number of people served (2020): Between 25,000 to 100,000
Number of people served (2019): Between 25,000 to 100,000
Number of people served (2018): Between 25,000 to 100,000