Sanaa Ramleh, 40, saw the center's sign when she was walking down the street in Qadi Askar a year ago.

Since then, Ramleh has been patronizing the center every week since she registered her name, even though she has to travel a long distance from her home in the Myassar area near the airport road in Aleppo.

Speaking to Xinhua, Ramleh said the people suffer from the long hours of power outages in eastern Aleppo amid high price of fuel for power generation.

"I have neither a washing machine or power generator. I only get electricity two or three hours a day. I cannot hand wash the clothes, because I have an allergy, and my hands ache when I wash them in cold water," she said.

She expressed gratitude for the laundry room which has benefited many people.

For Samira Rummaneh, 35, the lack of electricity and financial situation were not the only reasons she visits the laundry room. She lost her right-hand fingers in an accident, which disabled her from doing the laundry by hand.

"My house is close to this center and I come here every week to wash my family's clothes," she said.

Rummaneh told Xinhua she meets with her friends every week there for a chat, sharing happiness and sadness.

"We talk and listen to each other and spend a good time here. I have got a lot of friends so this is not only a room for doing laundry, but also a place where we get to meet new friends," she said.

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