Our Vision
Hako Women’s Collective (HWC) is a local Community Service Organisation in the Haku Constituency of Buka in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (AROB), Papua New Guinea. HWC was launched in June 2006 by 650 women who shared a vision:
Lu hatolo mi u hiromomo kao hovoto ri Hako Collective.
In the spirit of love and true sisterhood, we the women of Hako Collective are called to build a safe, secure and just environment within our families and communities and create an integrated sustainable development that will establish a better future for our children and children’s children.
In the spirit of love and true sisterhood, we the women of Hako Collective are called to build a safe, secure and just environment within our families and communities and create an integrated sustainable development that will establish a better future for our children and children’s children.
Who we areAll HWC members are residents of Haku villages and are mainly women and youth with some counterpart men as trainers, peace builders and counsellors. HWC concentrates on advocacy and education for the family unit, sustainable village living, quality education and health services, vibrant churches and community participation across all denominations.
HWC Structure 2019 
Hako Women's Collective committee meeting, in Luman Hipakoko
'We are all village women but many of us were displaced from careers by the war so we have collected our teaching, nursing, secretarial skills etc and use these as freewill offerings to our initiatives in facing our community needs. Our Hako language is one of 3 main languages in Buka spoken by about 30,000 people in the north of Buka Island, at the northernmost point of Bougainville. We are a distinct culture and territory within the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. - presentation by Dorcas Gano, President
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What we doOur Strategic Action Plan for 2018-2021 identified the following key priorities for our work:
1 - WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION
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