The Care Economy

By investing in the care economy, USAID is creating jobs for care workers, improving early childhood outcomes, and freeing up parents-particularly women-to access economic opportunities.
Meet Portia Ntlebi, a childcare center owner based in Soweto, South Africa. Portia is one of 600 entrepreneurs that USAID, in partnership with Grow ECD and Kaizenvest, has trained to improve early childhood education in South Africa while building a financially sustainable business.