Sabrina Natasha Habib was just 25 years when her eyes were first opened to the hardships that babies in Kenya face. When she first entered the “babycare” facility, she was horrified by what she saw. Children were laying on the floor under the influence of sedatives to keep them from crying. The room was dark so if one did not know what was on the floor, one could trip over a child. The smell of the room was overwhelming.
One visit to one facility was enough to show Habib that change was needed. In the past four years, she has opened two, soon to be three, facilities to change the game of babycare in Kenya. They are high-quality, low-price facilities called Kidogo that run on the mission:
“Kidogo is a social enterprise that improves access to high-quality, affordable Early Childhood Care & Education in East Africa’s low-income communities. We seek to unlock the potential of young children and transform the trajectories of their families.”
Kidogo provides preschool services and childcare with trained teachers and caretakers in a clean, play-friendly environmen
t meant to stimulate young minds. They follow a break-even operation model in order to offer all of this at around $1 a day (8+ hours).
Kidogo has been very successful, so much so that Habib was named winner of the Unilever Young Entrepreneurs Award 2017.
You can find out more about Kidogo at their website www.kidogo.co
Kidogo looks like an amazing social enterprise. It is sad that the children in Kenya have to suffer through poor health care. Sabrina was compelled to help children in Kenya and she has indeed.