Amina Momoh set up her childcare business in February of this year. Based at 1 Fionnuisce in Doughiska, Amina has established herself as a quality childminder by signing up to the Voluntary Notification Scheme. In April this year, she was elected to the board of the National Childminding Association of Ireland.
 
While she has just started out in the business, Amina has made great strides, by becoming the first woman from Galway, the first African and the first in Ireland to complete the National Guidelines for childminders. Currently she operates a part-time service from home, however she is already looking to the future and, with the help of the government and the Galway City and County Childcare Committee, she intends to open a state-of-the-art crèche. She is looking at providing an overnight service for children. She is calling on other childminders in Galway to avail of the benefits of the Voluntary Notification Scheme.