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Your care work counts. Now it gets rewarded.

Working while caring for children or relatives?

Care-Coin makes unpaid care work visible and develops ways to recognise it: at work, in society and in the economy.

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A desk seen from above with several laptops, headphones and notes.A mother reading with four children on the sofa in the living room.

You do so much every day. Hardly anyone sees it.

Daycare pick-ups, doctor's appointments for your parents, short nights, a head full of to-dos, and your job in between. Care work takes time and energy, yet it doesn't show up on any CV or payslip. And it holds exactly what everyone is looking for: organisational skills, responsibility, resilience and empathy.

You're not alone in this.

of people in need of care in Germany are cared for at home, mostly by relatives.
86%
more unpaid care work is done by women than by men.
over 40%

Millions of people juggle work and care every day, just like you.

Sources: Federal Statistical Office of Germany, care statistics 2023 and time use survey 2022

  • #Equality
  • #CareAndCareer
  • #BurnoutPrevention
  • #WorkLifeBalance
  • #Recognition
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A place where care work counts.

Project Care-Coin is an art and research project at the intersection of unpaid care work and the digital economy. It brings together parents, family carers, employers and experts. Together we ask:

  • How can care work be expressed as value?
  • What stories do we tell about care, time and overload?
  • How can technology help without creating new burdens?
A father carrying a toddler on his shoulders, with a second child holding on to him.

This is where things happen.

  • We talk to people who care for relatives and raise children, to founders and employers.
  • We publish content on how technology can recognise care work.
  • We're building an app that lets you track care work, make it visible and value it.

People like you.

Care-Coin is run by mothers and people who care, who know care work from their own experience. The project was founded by Hanna Koch. With a background in art, she combines creative marketing, research, her own experience of care work and technology. She is supported by a team and by advisors in blockchain, digital literacy and care policy.

This is where you find real help.

The Care-Coin app will support you in everyday life:

  • Sessions

    Guided meetings on topics that matter to you right now.

  • Exchange

    Talk to others who know what your everyday life feels like.

  • Content

    Knowledge and ideas on care work, careers and balancing both.

  • Network

    Connections to people, initiatives and companies that value care work.

  • Skill Pass

    Your care work, translated into professional skills for job applications, salary negotiations or promotions.

You can make a difference yourself.

Support Care-Coin directly on Kickstarter and help us launch the app. Or join one of our test groups and help shape Care-Coin. [PLACEHOLDER rewards for backers]

Support us directly

Just want updates for now?

We'll write to you when there's news from Care-Coin, for example when our Kickstarter campaign launches.

You'll receive a confirmation email.

Companies can get involved in a meaningful way.

Many of your employees and customers do care work, often unseen. As a partner, sponsor or employer, you can support them visibly and show what your company stands for.

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