Imagine washing clothes by hand for up to 20 hours each week. This is a reality for more than 5 billion people worldwide. In remote villages and settlements — many lacking electricity or running water ...

Fifty new low-cost washing machines designed by a British university student are to be installed at an Iraq refugee camp this week. The hand-cranked machines designed by University of Bath’s Nav ...

Hand-cranked washing machines for people in poorer countries are being built at a company in Northamptonshire. RS Group, based in Corby, is working with the Washing Machine Project, set up by an ...

The inventor of a hand-cranked washing machine has travelled to Iraq to distribute the low-cost device to refugees. Navjot Sawhney created the Divya to allow those living in poverty to be able to wash ...

Hand washing clothes can be a really hard task but it's even harder in a place with little water or electricity - somewhere like a refugee camp. Fifty new low-cost hand cranked washing machines will ...

While most Americans rely on washing machines to clean their clothes, that's not the case everywhere: Over half of the global population washes clothes by hand. It's a time-intensive and physically ...

An engineer who created a hand-cranked washing machine for people in poorer regions of the world has received an award from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Navjot Sawhney devised the machines after living ...

A British Sikh engineer behind an energy efficient manual washing machine for low-income groups around the world, inspired by his volunteering work in India, has won Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's ...

A British Sikh engineer behind an energy efficient manual washing machine for low-income groups around the world, inspired by his volunteering work in India, has won PM Rishi Sunak’s Points of Light ...

"This idea was born out of a friendship. Nav, our founder, was on a sabbatical in rural South India, making clean cook stoves when he met his neighbour, Divya. It was through their conversations at ...