The Centre for Domestic Training and Development (CDTD) has launched an application to help Kenyans access domestic work services from their smartphones in partnership with Hivos East Africa. CDTD is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that works towards better human rights and employment for domestic workers.
The application, Homecare Hub will enable Kenyans access the following services from their smartphones; housekeeping, laundry work, childcare, home nursing, pets care, household waste disposal and cookery. It is available on both Android and IOS platforms. Other services in the package include education resources on labor laws, emerging issues and trends in homecare management and social protection.
Through the application, families will be able to secure daily and monthly domestic workers at Ksh. 850 and Ksh.15,000 respectively.
According to Edith Murogo, Chief Executive Officer, CDTD, the launch of this application is part of the organization’s domestic workers transformation program that aims at professionalizing the domestic work sector in Kenya for the past two decades.
“We are happy to harness use of technology to solve families day to day challenges especially in looking for domestic workers to help them with their daily chores at home,” added Ms Murogo.
On their part, Mendi Njonjo, Regional Director, Hivos East Africa noted, “We are happy to partner with CDTD on this noble initiative. The application become the first of its kind in the country and will bolster low income earners – families, mothers, female headed households to make a living from the comfort of their smart phones.”
The Hivos funded, Dignity in Labor project, includes social protection aspects such as National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) and National Social Security Fund (NSSF) education for domestic workers, on their rights to join social protection schemes.
This application comes at a time when most Kenyans are relying heavily on technology to run their day to day activities.