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Bustan is a local NGO that operates in the Negev region for social and environmental justice mostly for the Bedouin community. For over a decade we’ve been promoting sustainable development and equal rights. As a part of its activities, Bustan initiated the building of a straw ball clinic in Wadi El Na’am, the installation of solar systems for sick children in unrecognized villages, developed a permaculture course for Bedouin and Jewish citizens and initiated a tree planting project (Shatla). Since a year ago, Bustan started working on creating a new model in the village of Qasr al-Sir that will be designed to leverage the unique assets of the Bedouin culture and strive to empower it in the environment of the modern state. The specifics of the projects will be determined with our team in the village after extensive research (interviews, group discussions, community meetings) of the needs inside the community.