Hako Women's Collective (HWC) was formed in June 2006 by the Indigenous village women of the Hako area in Buka Island, in response to the critical needs of the society post conflict (10 years of war 1988-1998, and the following 8 years of the Peace Process 1998-2006).
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| Some members of the HWC executive |
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.
Mission:
Aga u Kao ri Hako ke hihitaguhu, hihatuts, bate hatapa haniga e naga a han I tagaga.
In response to the current situation in our community, we the women of Hako are committed to work together, help each other and teach and train our people to build a safe, secure, just and peaceful society creating an environment conducive to sustainable, integrated development for the common good of our children and their children.
'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 (ARB).
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.
Mission:
Aga u Kao ri Hako ke hihitaguhu, hihatuts, bate hatapa haniga e naga a han I tagaga.
In response to the current situation in our community, we the women of Hako are committed to work together, help each other and teach and train our people to build a safe, secure, just and peaceful society creating an environment conducive to sustainable, integrated development for the common good of our children and their children.
'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 (ARB).
The Hako area has no commercial centre and very limited access to town by a dirt road. There are no rivers in northern Buka: everyone lives on the coastal fringe, relying on subsistence gardens, hunting and fishing and the sea and reefs for survival. The cash cropping of copra and cocoa allows people to buy supplementary foodstuffs from Buka Township 60 kms away at Buka Passage on the southern end of Buka Island.'
Key Documents
2006 - The Constitution of HWC
2006 - HWC Goals
Partnerships
HWC has formed partnerships with:
- the Bougainville Women's Federation and other women's organisations across Bougainville and internationally
- youth and other organisations in Hako
- Pacific Black Box
- Bougainville Government agencies and
- Non-Government organisations.
Membership
Membership of HWC is open to individuals or to groups in the Hako area.Office Holders
President: 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)
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