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'Huge need' City-made washing machines to help war-hit Gaza
Bristol Post
|February 18, 2026
A PIONEERING project aims to send over 1,000 Bristol-built washing machines to war-torn Gaza.
Vicky Whiting from the Washing Machine Project, with one of the hand-operated washing machines
(Pic: Tom Wren/SWNS)
The Washing Machine Project is on a mission to send world-first flat-packable and hand-operated washing machines to the Palestinian territory.
The washing machines will be distributed to healthcare facilities, schools and community centres, fulfilling a ‘high priority’ need by providing people with “hygiene, dignity and time.”
The Washing Machine Project's founder, Navjot Sawhney, said: “Everyone has seen the news.
“In Gaza, the ordinary activity of washing clothes has become a daily crisis.
“Families are handwashing clothes in overcrowded spaces in hospital and without reliable electricity, privacy and safety.
“Laundry is about hygiene health, dignity and time - mainly for women.
“We will do anything we can to support the people in Gaza”
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