PCD tries to address community health care with an open and holistic approach. We believe that a healthy body and spirit as well as a healthy ecological environment are indivisible. Therefore, our projects have been trying to tackle the problems of livelihood,

production and community health care with the environment and agro-ecology in mind.

Hannipa Village is a PCD project site in Xincheng Township, Shiping County of Yunnan Province. The environmental hygiene here is sub-standard: improper disposal of domestic garbage has caused pollution and the spread of disease. The project has helped villagers to find local solutions for community waste management. Garbage is now collected and segregated so that organic matter can be utilised for compost. This is a little step towards our vision of achieving a mutually-nurturing relationship between health of the land and health of the people.

Project staff and villagers discussed different methods for managing waste. Villagers suggested using a local bamboo to weave baskets for collecting waste. This can reduce reliance on external resources and also strengthen the spirit of mutual help in the community. First of all, villagers set up a waste management team; they elected women skilled in basket weaving to form a team. Three of these women were then elected as trainers for the larger group of women of all ages. This has promoted weaving skills and women's participation in the community. The women have woven a total of 210 small bamboo baskets for each family to first segregate different kinds of domestic waste and 28 larger ones for use by the community. By working together, the women helped each other complete their work on time.

After the bamboo-weaving training, women were equipped with basket weaving skills, a sustainable safeguard for replacing garbage bamboo baskets in the future. The weaving training acted as a platform for women to learn skills and exchange experiences. They felt extremely happy and joyful. The women attended additional training in weaving, so as to improve the quality and durability of the baskets for waste collection. The women enjoyed learning new skills together, and also exchanging their experiences in the project. They have been very happy, even joyful, participants in the process.