Our 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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Hako Women's Collective is a disparate group of women (with male supporters and trainers) from across different, often opposing, clans, church denominations and conflict areas, over a 20km stretch of North Coast of Buka Island, who come together out of a hunger for change, development, peace and security.
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. 
Office holdersPresident: Dorcas Gano
Vice President: Anna Sapur Secretary: Gene Hakiolo Treasurer: Ruthy Sawa Program and Protocol Officer: Catherine Behis Program Training Supervisor: Gela Rihene Committee: Hona Holan (Founding President), Marilyn Havini (Program Mentor; AVI Volunteer) |
'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
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 |
