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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While most Americans rely on washing machines to clean their clothes, that's not the case everywhere: Over half of the global ...

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 Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's ...

Navjot Sawhney designed energy-efficient manual washing machine for low-income communitie Navjot’s machines are also helping Ukrainian families who have been forced to flee their homes and are ...

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British Sikh entrepreneur Navjot Sawhney, founder of the ‘washing machine project’ is among 14 winners of the annual 21st Century Icon Awards in London. British Sikh entrepreneur Navjot Sawhney, ...