How do I do laundry when I am away?
Let's face it, you are going to get dirty while you are volunteering. We all do. If it's swimming in the ocean and placing nets for sea turtles, cleaning up elephant paddocks, preparing meals for ocelots or snuggling rescue dogs, you are going to have to figure out how to get your clothes clean. At some of our centres there are laundry services and even washing machines BUT at the majority we recommend you wash your laundry by hand. Normally this means getting your clothes pretty clean in the shower or the sink, sometimes there is a hand washing laundry station but if you are anything like Nora- your stuff doesn't get as clean as you would like.
Enter: The Scrubba! This handy little (and lightweight) 'washing machine' changed Nora's life and it will change yours. It's the size of a small dry bag and since it's air tight, can be used as one- or as a dirty laundry bag while you are on the project. It's SUPER easy to use, too. All you do is fill it up with your clothes, some water and some soap and smoosh it around. Yes, smoosh. There are some scrubby bits in the bag so you just have to be the agitator they they do all the work! No more washing your gross elephant poo socks in the sink. No more trying to get your pants totally covered in soap for maximum freshness. The Scrubba is easy, it's lightweight and it actually has changed the way we travel. After using one on a volunteering trip, Nora brought hers camping and was able to travel even lighter! Since she trusts the clean the Scrubba can bring to her clothes she only needs to carry two pairs of socks.
So, it helps you clean things and they get actually clean.
It helps you pack lighter.
It helps you save water.
It helps you dump dirty water in a controlled fashion, not all over yourself and in drinking water.
It (again) get's your laundry ACTUALLY clean.
Do we recommend the Scrubba? Fully and wholeheartedly. Not just for our clients but now to our friends and our family members and members of Nora's hiking trips! Mainly because now Nora doesn't have to be the smelly guide ever again.
Check out the Scrubba and be the belle of the volunteering ball- basically because you will be the only one with clean clothes!
