A day care or crèche is a
place where babies, toddlers and young children are kept during the daytime
while their parents are busy with work. It is a sort of
playground/classroom setting where these young ones hang out, play, rest and
are taking care of by trained handlers so that later in the day after work the
parents can come pick them up.
The Opportunity for these
Business.
There is a high demand for
Creche and day care schools in our urban centers in Nigeria.How many working
class mothers do we have in many of our cities? How many of them have nannies
to look after their kids? Fact is toddlers can be a big distraction in the
workplace and many mums know this hence why they choose to enroll their
darlings in Creches and day care centers. This is the reason many primary
schools set up nursery arms to serve as day care centers.
The Team
Your team should consist of
highly trained and matured caregivers who have years of experience handling
kids at Sunday Schools and Creche/Nursery Schools.
Security/Health
A well trained security
personnel should be employed to be a part of the team to safeguard the kids.
Also included in the team
should be a qualified nurse who would be accessible if there is an urgent need
for health issues with the kids.
Marketing
This is a business which can
be started even in your home informally approaching nursing or working mothers
in your neighbourhood, at church or any other gathering letting them know what
you do.
With time you can print fliers
when a number of clients have been attracted.
Requirements
To set up you will need the
following;
Rent(Mini Flat)-250k per
annum
Furniture:
Bed-N15,000
Ceiling Fan-N5,000
12 Small Chairs –
N18,000
3 Small tables –
N12,000
Toys –
N10,000
TV set –
N20,000
VCD player –
N5,000
Book shelf –
N10,000
Kiddies books and stationery –
N30,000
Bedsheets/pillow-5k
Microwave-5k
Generator-15k
Others-50k
Total-200k
Overall Total-450k
How profitable is the Creche
Business in Nigeria?
Like all businesses that
depends on many factors but considering that parents pay N30,000 per term for
nursery schooling we would charge each parent say 5,000N per month. Let us
assume we have 12 enrollments multiplied by 5 that is 60,000N for the first month.
Breakdown first year (this is
an estimate)
30 enrollments X N60,000 =
N1.8 million
Running expenses (rent,
salary, electricity etc) = N1.2 million
Profit before tax = N600,000
Return on Investment = 216%
This is a business that can
be run for years.
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