Building a Scalable Franchise of Affordable, Safe and Stimulating Daycares Serving Vulnerable Pre-school Children and Mothers in Nairobi's Slums

Preschool children of single mothers in urban slums are desperately vulnerable. With no formal daycares or even policy in Kenya, mothers have few options: leave their children with neighbours, with unregulated and often neglectful informal daycare providers, or lock them up alone at home. A network of safe slum daycares (Tiny Toto daycares) can help the most vulnerable and function as a conduit of health service delivery at scale. The goal is to improve the lives of preschool children living in Nairobi's slums while avoiding institutional dependency.