Saudi marketUpdated November 7
Hail launches a wadi cleanup effort.
Before rain in Hail, Prince Abdulaziz bin Saad bin Abdulaziz picked up litter by hand in a wadi. That scene became the starting point for an environmental sanitation initiative launched across Hail city and the region’s governorates. The prince joined the effort, which the Emirate is carrying out with government agencies, businesses and nonprofit organizations. Protecting wadis from harmful practices and improving cleanliness are part of the brief, but it also aims to bring the community into fieldwork and awareness efforts, and encourage environmental responsibility and volunteering. The cleanup has a visible starting point; the bigger ask is that care for the place becomes shared work.
Coverage started November 7