Palestinian youth initiative in setting up a solar laundry in Gaza

According to the Arabic website Tasnim News Agency, the people of Gaza after enduring 7 months of hardships of war and Displaced people, in an innovative move, set up a solar laundry center. ” href=”https://newsmediab.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Video/140302221534028643001660″ style=”display: block; width: 262px; margin: 0 auto; ” rel=”nofollow”>.

“Said al-Attar”, a displaced person from the north of the Gaza Strip, along with his family members, is trying to start a laundry center. Solar in Rafah, while overcoming the electricity crisis, reduce the suffering of Palestinian women for washing clothes.

” Saeed Al-Attar”; In a conversation with Tasnim reporter, the originator of the idea of ​​solar laundry said: We only had one washing machine whose engine burned out due to the large volume of operation. Then we added two more washing machines and gradually the situation improved and this idea was welcomed by the women of the camp. The solar laundry worker also told Tasnim reporter: It took me two hours to wash the clothes. Today, with the help of solar energy, our time is saved for washing clothes.

“Umm Jamal”; One of the refugees living in Rafah also says; Our problems for washing clothes are not hidden from anyone. Because of washing clothes repeatedly, our hands hurt, because the amount of clothes we were washing took a lot of energy and time from us.

Despite being implemented on a small scale, the idea of ​​solar laundry has been able to heal a small part of the problems of war and displacement for Palestinian women living in Gaza.

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