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Running one household is expensive. Running two requires a plan.

Kini gives brothers, sisters and cousins one shared picture of an ageing parent's care: what she needs, what's happening, who's handling what, and how it's being paid for. Whether you live down the road or overseas.

Built in South Africa, alongside the families it serves.

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Caring for Mom

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Why is planning for ageing parents so hard?

We plan for weddings, children and homes. When it comes to our parents getting older, most families don't have a plan until there's a crisis. Usually it's not that nobody wants to help. It's that nobody knows who is doing what.

Support ends up spread across WhatsApp messages, bank transfers, spreadsheets and guesswork.

A woman with her hand on her elderly mother's shoulder
  • Who will take Mom to her appointments?
  • Who pays for medication every month?
  • Does everyone contribute equally?
  • What if one sibling lives overseas?
  • Who checks in when she starts feeling lonely?

See. Share. Care.

Kini turns the invisible work of looking after a parent into something the whole family can see, share and plan for.

  1. Map Mom's care

    Her health, medication, appointments and daily updates, in one shared place instead of scattered WhatsApp chats.

  2. Bring the family in

    Invite siblings and relatives, wherever they live. Everyone helps in their own way, and everyone sees the same picture.

  3. Share the costs fairly

    List what she needs each month and see each need marked as covered as the family contributes.

  4. Be ready for the unexpected

    Spot the gaps early and build an emergency fund together, so a crisis doesn't land on one person.

See how it works, and try a care pool

Three generations of a family smiling together outside their home

Built by daughters who've been there

Rudo Mudzingwa and Sisi Nxumalo started Kini after feeling both the pride of supporting family and the frustration of doing it through scattered messages, transfers and spreadsheets. The problem, they found, isn't willingness to help. It's coordination.

Money, with meaning.

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