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Most of us are lucky enough to not know how hard it is to do all our washing by hand, but for millions of people around the world, that's the reality.

In communities that have limited access to running water or electricity, women often sacrifice the chance to work or rest because of how much time hand washing clothes can take.

So, engineer Nav Sawhney invented a hand-cranked manual washing machine to combat this issue, and his charity has so far impacted the lives of almost 30,000 people across 13 countries.

Speaking to 5 Live Drive鈥檚 Tony Livesey, Nav said: 鈥淓veryone loves to feel clean, everyone has to wear clothes, everyone has to wash their clothes.

鈥淪ome people like you and I are very lucky, we have access to an electric washing machine, but over 5 billion people in the world today don鈥檛鈥�, he added.

Looking to the future, Nav announced that new support from Whirlpool Foundation will help The Washing Machine Project to 鈥減ositively impact 150,000 lives鈥� over the next five years.

This clip is from 5 Live Drive on 15th April 2024.

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