How you can help

Our work is for the people of our Hako community and in Bougainville, but we know our work can also help, and benefit from, the work of other people and organisations in different places.

Support our work directly

HWC needs help to support its ongoing services.  Key HWC services, such as the Meri Seif Haus and Family Referral Service, are provided free of charge and to provide them we need to cover costs such as electricity, supplies and modest salaries to staff.​ We make every Kina go a  long way, and any donation is helpful - especially if made regularly.

To donate to Hako Women's Collective: 
​Please pay your donation into:
BSB: 082062
Account Number: 154948347
Account Name: Helen Dakin itf HWC
SWIFT code: NATAAU3302S (if your bank is outside Australia)
Receipt: Please email us so we can send you a receipt. Donations are not tax-deductible in Australia.
  • $13 pays a Counsellor at our Family Referral Service for 1 day.
  • $22 pays for transport for an HWC member to provide HWC training or services.
  • $47 pays staff at the Meri Seif Haus for 24 hours.
  • $47 per week will help us establish Disability services at Luman Hipakoko.
  • $220 buys fuel and maintenance for our water pump or generator.
Support organisations that help us

Work towards the same goals
We are proud of what we have achieved, but we couldn't have done it without help. We have received essential funding or other support from various organisations, including the following, and we encourage you to find out more about them and their work:
PiCCA - Partners in International Collaborative Aid
Indigo Foundation
AVI  (previously Australian Volunteers International)
Unicef
Many of the problems we struggle with are shared by communities throughout the world. All of us benefit from progress on these issues, whether in local communities or internationally. The key issues targeted in our HWC Objectives are:
  • promoting a secure, just and peaceful society;
  • women's empowerment and participation in all aspects of society;
  • freedom from family and sexual violence;
  • protection of the environment and mitigation of climate change;
  • sustainable and fair development;
  • support for vulnerable and marginalised people, including people with disabilities
  • equitable access to education, information and opportunities.