Laundry in Liberia

I have always enjoyed looking at clotheslines wherever I have traveled. What’s on the line tells a lot about people. Even the lines themselves tell a story. Sister Ettinger, who serves in the mission office in Sierra Leone, shared this description of what it takes to get clothes to the line in Sierra Leone: 

• Haul a 20-liter jug down the hill to the waterfall 
• Carry the jug on top of your head back up the very steep hill
• Use soap that you made yourself 
• Bend over and scrub the clothes, one piece at a time, using a brooking board
• Lay the clothes out on a rock or on a clothesline to dry 

In comparison, I checked out “Just Serve” laundry projects in other countries. Here are a few examples: 

• In Hamilton, Ontario, a nonprofit organization helps homeless and low-income individuals use washers and dryers at the laundromat free of charge. 
• In Sacramento, California, on “God’s Helping Hands Laundry Day” volunteers donate coins, laundry soap pods, and dryer sheets and assist guests by putting tokens and soap in the machines.
• In Carbondale, Illinois, volunteers pick up laundry at a shelter in the morning. They clean, fold, bag, and return the laundry to the shelter that evening, possibly adding a few extra items to the bags.

I’m just trying to imagine what a “Just Serve” laundry project would look like in the AWA. Would volunteers carry the water up the hill?