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 ...
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (WNDU) - On Monday morning, the Whirlpool Foundation and The Washing Machine Project announced they have partnered together to take on what they’re calling the “global washing ...
Earlier this year, The Washing Machine Project, a grassroots organization that provides off-grid manual washing machines to people in low-income and displaced communities, announced it is ...
The Washing Machine Project, supported by the Whirlpool Foundation, is getting many helping hands for their manual washing machines. Last week 70+ Whirlpool Employee volunteers, The Washing Machine ...
In March 2024, Whirlpool Foundation President Pam Klyn traveled from Benton Harbor, Mich., to Puducherry, India, with a small Whirlpool Corporation team. They were there to take an important step in ...
NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / October 14, 2025 / The Washing Machine Project, a mission-driven organization tackling the hidden burden of laundry on communities, recently published its first ...
Did you know your washing machines need to be cleaned regularly? As your laundry spins inside your washing machine, your clothes get cleaner, but a residue starts to build up on the inside of the ...
A Global Problem: The research suggests that up to 50% of the world's population, around 4 billion people, rely on washing clothes by hand. This burden is most concentrated in low and middle income ...