By Keri Algar
SYDNEY, NSW: Disrupted potable water and sewage systems continue to be worked on meanwhile leaving thousands of Christchurch residents unable to return to their homes, over two weeks after the devastating earthquake.
In a bid to improve the living situation of effected residents the New Zealand whitegoods company has donated five laundries and is working in conjunction with the New Zealand Red Cross, Salvation Army and Civil defence to best position the laundry facilities.
"When infrastructure such as waste water and power have been disrupted, people lose the ability to manage the basics such as washing and drying their families' clothes," Matt Orr, vice president of corporate planning and investor relations at F&P, told the New Zealand Herald this morning.
"We wanted to help the communities that were worst affected," said Orr. "Ensuring communities without the fundamental services of water and power can still keep their clothing clean and dry is an important part of keeping their spirits up."
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Each laundry houses up to 15 large capacity washing machines and some dryers. Furthermore, up to 60 appliances including fridges and freezers have been distributed at key welfare centres and camps around the city and wider suburbs, reported the Herald.