Britain gives K40,000 for safe house

THE British High Commission in Papua New Guinea has donated K40,000 to support the Bougainville Haku Women’s Collective build a new safe house for victims of domestic violence.
Haku Women’s Collective (HWC) president Dorcas Gano said at the opening of the new safe house at Haku in Bougainville on Saturday, that the house would ensure victims of domestic violence had access to an emergency shelter, counselling and referral to longer-term services not only in Haku but throughout Bougainville.
“We are very grateful to the acting British deputy high commissioner to PNG, Jessica Eccles, for taking time to attend the opening of the safe house in Haku and demonstrate the United Kingdom’s continuing commitment to the people of Bougainville,” she said.
Eccles said she was pleased assistance from UK was going to help women of PNG.
“It is fantastic to see how UK assistance – through an organisation such as the Haku Women’s Collective – is making a real difference to local communities in Bougainville,” she said.
“I’d like to acknowledge the inspirational work the HWC has done to-date to help victims of gender-based violence in Haku, and congratulate them on the completion of the new safe house.
“I am delighted that the UK is playing a role in tackling the scourge of violence against women.”