Pa Pa, Laundress in Yangon, Myanmar
Pa Pa Phyo Swe works doing laundry for a local university in Yangon. Her family has no running water in their house so part of her daily chores is to haul water from the well. She then washes all the laundry by hand. Kyaw Kyaw, her husband, watches as his wife cleans. He likes her working and the extra income it brings in. He has a job as an electrician, and together they make about 266,400 Myanmar Kyat (US$200) a month. Pa Pa was able to...
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Pa Pa, Laundress in Yangon, Myanmar
Pa Pa Phyo Swe works doing laundry for a local university in Yangon. Her family has no running water in their house so part of her daily chores is to haul water from the well. She then washes all the laundry by hand. Kyaw Kyaw, her husband, watches as his wife cleans. He likes her working and the extra income it brings in. He has a job as an electrician, and together they make about 266,400 Myanmar Kyat (US$200) a month. Pa Pa was able to procure a small loan. She wrings out the towels and firmly states, “I would like to buy a washing machine with it.”
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