For years, waste management in Al-Awainat has been a growing concern. Every morning, Sidi Mohamed Abdelkader, a municipal sanitation worker, would walk through streets lined with uncollected rubbish, blocked drainage channels, and waste piling up in open spaces. He recalled: “Without the right tools or a structured system, we struggled to keep up. We did...

For years, getting children to school in Awal was a daily struggle. Dahna Awkh Qnidi, a parent and civil society activist, remembers the frustration of watching students face obstacles just to access their education. The only school bus, essential for transporting students across the 7-kilometer distance between their homes and the school, had fallen into...