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Cultural Heritage & Traditional Knowledge
Recording and teaching indigenous weaving, carving, storytelling, string band music and custom protocol so that island knowledge passes to the next generation intact.
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Established 1998 · Port Vila, Vanuatu
Strong communities, living culture, shared futures across Vanuatu.
For more than twenty-five years the Senikau Association Committee (Inc.) has worked island by island — with chiefs, churches, women's groups and young people — to keep Ni-Vanuatu knowledge alive, to help families earn a fair living from their own skills, and to make sure no one is left outside community life.
Registered Non-Profit Charitable Association — Incorporated Committee, Republic of Vanuatu · Registration No. 501645
Our work in numbers
63
Island communities supported
412
Vocational & cultural workshops held
2,840
Women & youth enrolled in programs
78
Advocacy & family support projects completed
Figures cover the 2023–2025 reporting period and are drawn from our audited annual returns.
Our programs
Three programs, one purpose: communities that can carry themselves.
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Community Livelihoods & Micro-Enterprise
Practical training for smallholder growers, weavers, carvers and food producers in costing, record-keeping, packaging, cooperative selling and cyclone-season resilience.
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Youth & Women's Inclusion
Leadership schools, literacy and rights education, safe referral pathways, and support for women and young people to take real seats in community decision-making.
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Latest news & community field updates
12 July 2026 · Port Vila, Efate
Mid-year community assembly draws 340 members to Kumul Hwy
Members reviewed the half-year accounts line by line, confirmed the 2027 program priorities and elected two new island trustees from Malekula and Pentecost.
28 June 2026 · Lenakel, Tanna
Pandanus weaving school completes its fourth apprentice cohort
Nineteen apprentices finished the ten-day intensive with four master weavers. Finished mats and baskets were shown at the village nakamal before the first cooperative order shipped to Port Vila.
9 June 2026 · Luganville, Santo
Cyclone-season business recovery clinics reach 180 producers
Producers built written recovery plans covering stock protection, record backup and a restart budget, developed with the Santo market vendors' association.
22 May 2026 · Port Vila, Efate
Youth Leadership School graduates its 2026 first intake
Forty-two graduates presented funded community projects ranging from a school water-tank repair to a Bislama reading circle for younger children.
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Our office on Kumul Hwy in Port Vila is open to members and to the public on weekday mornings. Write, call, or send the form on our contact page — every enquiry receives a written reply.