Step one in PiCCA’s new partnership project with the Hako Women’s Collective (HWC) in Bougainville: 48 Rocket Stoves are all crated up and on a ship bound for Lae en route to  Buka.

This is the beginning of a small-scale trial exploring the viability of HWC running a broader social enterprise importing and on selling rocket […]

PiCCA’s new project in partnership with the Hako Women’s Collective, Bougainville: Stretim Sindaun – Improving livelihoods, income streams, and women’s and family safety and empowerment.

The project is in two interlinked parts. The first part is a small-scale trial, importing and marketing Rocket Stoves to explore the viability of HWC running a broader social enterprise based […]

In 2021 we initiated two new school hygiene projects. The first project worked with 10 schools in Huong Tra and was funded directly by PiCCA members. The second worked with another 10 schools in Phu Vang and was made possible with funding from The Phillips Foundation.

The construction stage of both projects was completed by the […]

Since 2017 PiCCA has been privileged to partner with the amazing women of the Hako Women’s Collective (HWC) in Bougainville. Together we have helped deliver substantial projects that have enhanced food security, family livelihoods, community building and women’s safety, participation and empowerment in the region of Haku on Buka.

Marilyn Havini is one of the […]

PiCCA initiates Operations Training Project with Hako Women’s Collective (HWC).

Cathy, Micehelene, Gene, Serah, Geia, Marina and Nellie from HWC’s  Program and Library Teams travelled into Buka town to access an internet connection and connect with PiCCA treasurer, Stephanie Boldeman to engage with this new training program.

This session, an introduction to financial management, is one in a nearly […]

Students from Huong Chu 1 school in Huong Tra learning all about sanitation, hygiene and disease prevention as part of PiCCA’s joint project with Hearts for Hue.

New wash stations were installed in this school and 19 others late last year. The training will cover all the schools involved before the end of June […]

Our joint project work in Vietnam with Hearts for Hue in 2021.

So good to see this new market building for fresh produce in the village of Hanpan, Bougainville.

Back in 2019 over 90 people from this and five other villages across the Hako region participated in an agricultural training project jointly delivered by PiCCA and the Hako Women’s Collective, and significantly funded through Australian Aid Friendship Grants. […]