The machine named ‘Divya’ has been designed by 32-year-old Nav Sawhney, an Indian origin engineer from London, and is made from wood and plastic and requires no electricity and can be used for washing and spin-drying. This low-cost device is easy to use and reduces the time spent handwashing clothes and so far, hundreds of these hand cranked washing machines have been distributed to refugee camps in countries including Iraq, Lebanon, and Uganda. But as BBC’s South Asia Diaspora Reporter Gaggan Sabherwal has been finding out, due to the recent cost of living crisis there has been an increase in enquires for these low-cost devices even in the UK.
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