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 ...

In 2018, Navjot Sawhney was volunteering in South India with Engineers Without Borders UK when he discovered that his neighbor, Divya, spent up to 20 hours per week hand-washing clothes. Sawhney ...

Hand-operated washing machines used in Gaza are being redeveloped to make them easier and cheaper to make so they can help more people. The Washing Machine Project was set up in 2018 with its manually ...