Starting a Daycare as a Business - Questions and Answers

Question and Answer session with Maria Otiso

 Question: You said something about having furniture for parents. Could you please expatiate on it?

Answer: The furniture I was talking about are chairs and tables where they can sit when waiting for their kids. Some daycares do not have a place a parent can sit. Sometimes you just need to sit and listen to the teacher rather than standing while the teacher or director is talking to you. Remember some of these parents come from work very tired. It’s something like a waiting place or a reception area with two or three seats

 Question: I believe not everyone is qualified character-wise and temperament-wise to run a day care. So what kind of person should run a day care?

 Answer: Each one of us have areas we are so good at which may not be so with others. Please do an assessment to know which area you are good at. Some of us can be very good farmers, engineers, professors and doctors. Check which area you are good at and start the business. Also, you can start and get the right staff to run the daycare even if you are not directly involved with kids. You can just decide to be a director and make sure the daycare is running smoothly.

 Question: So, is there no possible means of starting small because I think the installation of those gadgets may cost a lot of money? The licenses are so many; won’t that deplete one's starting capital?

Answer: Yes, in one of the points I said you should start small. So, you don't have to start with everything that is laid down here. You develop it slowly. Some of the licenses require very little money so that is not a problem.



Mariapia Otiso is the mother of a beautiful girl and the wife of a handsome man. You can reach her by sending an email to mariapia.kagendo@gmail.com