Our Vision
Hako Women’s Collective (HWC) is a local Community Service Organisation, an umbrella body of women in the Haku Constituency of Buka District in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (AROB), Papua New Guinea. In June 2006, HWC was launched 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 are
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All HWC members are residents of Haku villages and are mainly women and youth with some counterpart men included as trainers, peace builders and counsellors.
HWC has partnered with the Australian Volunteer Program to assist with capacity building since 2015 and this will cease in its current form in early 2019. Formed in response to the urgent needs at the end of the Bougainville Crisis, HWC works on issues identified as priorities within the Hako community. Read about What We Do. 2018 Elected Office HoldersPresident: Dorcas Gano
Vice President: Anna Sapur Secretary: Melissa Sassin Assistant Secretary: Marina Levi Treasurer: Clara Omi Assistant Treasurer: Elizabeth Ravi Program and Protocol Officer: Catherine Behis Program Training Supervisor: Gela Rihene Assets Officer - Judith Pena Assistant Assets Officer - James Pena Key Documents(Click on the titles to view)
HWC Constitution HWC Communications Strategy HWC Management Action Plan HWC Policy - Bribery & Corruption 2017 HWC Policy - Child Protection 2017 HWC Policy - Trafficking 2017 HWC Policy - Terrorism 2017 HWC Strategic Action Plan 2015-2017 HWC Resource Centre Project Formulation Document 2010 HWC Resource Centre Project Formulation Document 2011 HWC Rice Mill Venture - Building Agreement HWC Training Program Report 2011 |
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. - Extract from a presentation by Dorcas Gano, President
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