Rawinmart Luelert is not officially part of the rescue team in the Thai caves operation.

She, however, owns a laundry shop in Thailand — a laundry shop that she keeps running every night in order to wash the uniforms of the rescue team on a voluntary basis.

Luelert has been featured in a video interview with BBC, which has more than 11,000 shares since it was uploaded on July 8:

Uniforms unwashed for four days

It started when one of her friends sent her pictures of the rescue workers in grimy uniforms.

The police said that their uniforms had not been washed for the last four days, Luelert tells BBC.

Taking into account that Thailand is a largely tropical country and the rescue operations require plenty of physical exertion, four days is a long time to have clothes go unwashed.

9pm to 4am

The laundry team collects the rescue workers kits at 9pm, where they work to get the uniforms ready by 4am.

Thankfully, the employees, volunteers, and friends are able to work throughout the night.

"The reason we work at night is because the teams need their kit in the early morning," Luelert explains.

A fellow Thai, Suwan Kankeaw, for example, helps to wash the kit of the US Navy divers.

"I don't have the ability to get the kids out directly," he tells BBC.

"But what I can do is wash these clothes."

Pitching in anyway they can

In addition to the divers and experts all over the world, the Thais are pitching in any way they can.

Other volunteers have come together to cook for the rescue team, and even provide foot massages or haircuts for them.

According to ABC, some of these volunteers not only prepare the food, but also donate it out of their own pockets.

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Top image screenshot from BBC's video and Facebook