my helper needs laundry and ironing training - where?

[Edwardstorm]

Me too, I had never heard of a washing machine with a hot water intake.

[jayinhongkong]

TIL machines in HK heat the water vs. the hot water just coming from the water heater!

[rocket_cherry]

YWCA has a training course
https://clle.ywca.org.hk/Common/Read...0&cat=2&cat=47

[Elegiaque]

By the way, if this is a first world problem, it's really the making of the problem because of the gap between the first world and not first world. Helpers don't necessarily, or unlikely, come from a place with reliable electricity, plumbing, clean water, etc. It's not surprising at all at a helper may struggle to grasp Western ways of cleaning laundry. Add on that normalizing being picky about ways of doing laundry, it's really not easy.

Hope the OP finds a solution.

[walkup]

I am reminded of the time I had to beg my sister to teach me how to iron a shirt. Now probably one of the few useful skills I have. Suggest the OP finds some demo videos on YouTube for the helper. Everything is there!

[Crankshaft]

Instructions unclear. Foot stuck in microwave.

[hullexile]

By the way, if this is a first world problem, it's really the making of the problem because of the gap between the first world and not first world. Helpers don't necessarily, or unlikely, come from a place with reliable electricity, plumbing, clean water, etc. It's not surprising at all at a helper may struggle to grasp Western ways of cleaning laundry. Add on that normalizing being picky about ways of doing laundry, it's really not easy.

Hope the OP finds a solution.

Philippines is a developing country but almost all of it has those things.

[hullexile]

Philippines is a developing country but almost all of it has those things.

91.1% access to electricity
97% access to drinking water

[Elegiaque]

91.1% access to electricity
97% access to drinking water

Not all helpers are Filipinas. We had a Sri Lankan helper who said she was working here to earn money to get her home connected to the mains. (She was a kind soul but desperately clueless on a few things, so it didn't work out.)

PS, i dont believe you. I think this statistic is skewed. Maybe only a measure of actual houses, not counting the population living in make-shift housing. Dunno. Who am I to correct you on this.

[hullexile]

Not all helpers are Filipinas. We had a Sri Lankan helper who said she was working here to earn money to get her home connected to the mains. (She was a kind soul but desperately clueless on a few things, so it didn't work out.)

PS, i dont believe you. I think this statistic is skewed. Maybe only a measure of actual houses, not counting the population living in make-shift housing. Dunno. Who am I to correct you on this.

As I said before my brother in law was a squatter and they had running water and electricity. Drill a hole, fit a pump. Plenty of (free) underground clean water here. Even in my in laws place there is running water but free pumps in the street as well.

On the electricity we all pay a small "missionary" charge every month to pay for electrification of the remote jungle areas.