The Washing Machine Project

Great to see this project on the local regional news tonight. It is the work of a group of people, led by Nav Sawhney.

Visit the website to find out more. They also have a range of social media sites and other resources.

The Washing Machine Project was founded in 2019 by British, ex-Dyson, Engineer Navjot Sawhney. After leaving Dyson, he moved to South India to make cookstoves with Engineers Without Borders UK, where he met his neighbour Divya. Divya's struggle with everyday tasks inspired Navjot to find a solution. He promised her a washing machine, and when he went back home, he developed the first prototype. 

Excellent @thewashorg on local news tonight - check out https://t.co/lRqvpShsT5 to add an extra updated element to those teaching about @Gapminder Hans and the 'Magic Washing Machine' video - great work!

— GeoBlogs (@GeoBlogs) December 13, 2023

Since then, The Washing Machine Project has conducted ethnographic research in 17 countries, interviewing over 3,000 families, including Uganda, Jamaica, Nepal, India and the Philippines, to gain insight into their washing tendencies. The Washing Machine Project has partnered up with some of the most prominent international NGOs, such as UNCHR, Save The Children, Oxfam, Care International and Plan International.

The Washing Machine Project has successfully carried out pilots in Iraq and Lebanon and received orders from multiple countries in excess of 3,000 washing machines. In 2023 The Washing Machine Project’s plans are to fulfil these orders and scale up across numerous countries.

The Washing Machine Project has the vision to create a world-leading organisation, which brings together Innovation, Research and Development to solve some of the world’s most pressing humanitarian and development challenges.

By providing displaced and low-income communities with an accessible, off-grid washing solution, our mission is to empower women with the time to take charge of their lives.

The details of the Divya washing machine are listed here.

There is a Go Fund Me page too.

The project has been developing for some time and won the Nichols Award earlier in the year.

This would make a great addition to the work we do on Han's Rosling's 'Magic Washing Machine' TED Talk, to explore a sustainable alternative to washing by hand. Great work!

Technology in Geography at King's Ely

Just caught up with a piece on Technology in Education which was published in the Spring 2018 issue of Public Schools Magazine. I sent in some information on how we use technology in the Geography department at King's Ely, and heard no more for a few months, but we were featured in the final article.
We feature on pp.42-3 if you want to read it online here. 
My ICT colleague Mr Everest is featured earlier in the article too.

Coming soon to King's Ely Geography... Do It Kits...

Mr. Parkinson's Mission:Explore colleague Helen is behind a company called Do it Kits.
She's been making a range of exciting and interesting kits for schools, which have an Arduino (or similar) board at their heart.
Helen's latest kit is currently being made, and laser cut, and the good news is that we are going to be having some to play with at King's, and be using them in the Geography department (and perhaps with the Geography Explorers' Club sessions)
We'll be using them to explore microclimates on the school site, of which there are quite a few, and trialling them.... as part of our Year 7 work.
Here's an image of the kits in Helen's workshop....
We'll be sharing what we do with them here...