Our previous research around the world has revealed the adverse issues associated with hand washing clothes. This report contributes to this understanding, by presenting research concerning the Ugandan context, and has implications for research further afield. Washing practices and attitudes are explored, including the clothes washing weight, the position taken when clothes washing, and the perceived importance of, different aspects of the clothes washing process, and other activities. Other factors, including unpaid care work, water, sanitation, and hygiene, and electricity, are also reviewed. This is to ultimately determine whether an innovative, practical alternative, in the form a manually powered washing machine, is suitable for the Ugandan context.

It was concluded that a manually powered washing machine is suitable – that it will meet needs and be of benefit. Below details why, based on a quick summary of the data findings.