I designed and implemented a project in environmental and basic health education, for the Pontal da Barra Women's Association. Pontal da Barra is an economically disadvantaged fishing community on Lake Mundau, within the urban region of Maceió, a city in the state of Alagoas in Northeastern Brazil. This project was conducted in coordination and with support from Braskem, a regional mining company, Petrobras, Brazil's national petroleum company, and the Maceió city government. In this program, I and community leaders taught Water hygiene: separation of drinking water from contaminated water, and how to purify available water resources How to appropriately use purified water for cleaning foodstufs and cooking How to create organic vegetable gardens and to identify recyclable materials Development of handicrafts using recycled materials Before this project, the community had considerable problems with intestinal and skin parasites and disease stemming from poor access to pure water. After the project, the community had considerably improved public health and also had improved its economy, from the development of new handicrafts for sale to tourists.