#Rachouti

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In the streets of Athens, people holding laundry bags start forming a line behind the white van with ‘Ithaca Laundry’ emblazoned on the side.

Each person comes to the back of the van, where one washer and dryer are ready to be used. Load after load of clothes are washed and then dried. Leonidas and Michalis, both of who came from the streets themselves, help run the service.

In the space of about an hour, the homeless of Athens are able to take with them a fresh bag of laundry and wait until the van next arrives at homeless hotspots of Athens and Piraeus including Omonia, Monastiraki and Panepistimio.

Founded by Thanos Spiliopoulos, Fanis Tsonas and Andili Rachouti, along with Natasa Asimakopoulou in development and Dimitra Kountouri in operations, Ithaca Laundry started as a project to diminish the social exclusion faced by homeless people in Athens.

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Evmorfia Ghika Rachouti