Help your team take care of what matters most
Monthly contributions toward school fees, childcare, and family essentials — employer-funded, employee-directed.
School fees, nursery costs, and the family weekly shop are among the biggest household pressure points for working parents across Africa. A family support allowance doesn't just help financially — it signals that your company sees employees as whole people with lives and dependants outside the office.
A flexible monthly allowance employees can direct toward school fee contributions, nursery and childcare costs, or family grocery shops. One of the most valued benefits for employees with children across African markets.
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Benefit categories
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School partners (onboardable)
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Avg. employee satisfaction score
24 hrs
Processing time for school codes
How it works
Employer loads a monthly family support credit to each qualifying employee.
Employee chooses how to direct it: school fees, childcare, or family groceries.
For school fees and childcare, a payment code is issued within 24 hours.
Employee presents the code to their school or nursery bursar.
For groceries, a voucher is issued instantly for partner supermarkets.
What employees get
School fee contribution — monthly credit toward school fee payments
Childcare/nursery credit for registered nurseries in partner network
Family grocery vouchers for major supermarket chains and local market partners
Flexible allocation — employees can split across categories monthly
Why companies choose this.
Standout benefit for working parents
School fees and childcare are significant costs for employees with children. Contributing directly drives loyalty and retention.
Flexible for your workforce
Employees without children can redirect this allowance to grocery or another category — your HR policy decides.
Simple to administer
Codes and vouchers are issued automatically. No manual processing of school invoices or childcare receipts.
Why employees love it.
Real help with real costs
School fees and childcare are major household expenses across Africa. This benefit makes a tangible difference.
Flexible each month
Need more grocery support this month instead of school fees? You can reallocate within your allowance.
Simple redemption
Show the payment code to your school or nursery bursar. For groceries, use the voucher at checkout.
Why not just increase salary for parents?
A salary increase for employees with children creates equity complexity and typically requires permanent adjustment — it's very hard to reverse. A family support benefit is a clean, ring-fenced contribution that every eligible employee can direct as they choose. It also carries higher perceived value: parents associate it with their children's education and wellbeing, not with general compensation.
Built for how your team actually works.
Employees with school-age children
School fees are among the largest recurring expenses for families across Africa. Even a partial contribution is deeply valued.
New parents and employees with infants
Nursery and childcare costs are prohibitive in most African cities. This benefit has an outsized impact during these early years.
Senior staff retention
At mid-to-senior levels, family support benefits are a key retention factor — employees with dependants weigh total compensation differently.
Companies in competitive sectors
In banking, FMCG, and telecoms — where family benefits are increasingly common — not offering this puts you at a disadvantage.
What changes when you switch.
No support for school or childcare costs
Monthly family support credit, employee-directed
School fee contributions require payroll changes
School payment codes issued within 24 hours
Parents manage all family costs alone
Company contributes to household's biggest costs
High attrition among employees with young children
Measurable retention improvement among parents
No way to target benefit to employees who need it most
Flexible eligibility rules — you set the criteria
“I was paying my children's school fees entirely out of pocket. When the company introduced the family support benefit, it covered nearly a full term's fees over the year. That's not something I was going to find somewhere else for the same salary. I'm not going anywhere.”
Thandi Molefe
Senior Finance Analyst · South Africa
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Frequently asked
Can this be used for any school?
School fee contributions work with schools in our partner network. Contact us to onboard your employees' specific schools.
What if an employee doesn't have children?
Your company policy can allow childless employees to redirect this allowance to grocery or another benefit category.
Does unused credit carry over?
No. Family support credit resets monthly.