WHERE OUR HEART LIES
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
OUR MISSION
To always operate respectfully and within the cultural boundaries.
To support community driven projects in the small regional communities, accessible by our visiting yachts.
To empower communities through sustainable incentives initiated by them.
To assist, where invited, with development in-line with globally changing cultural and political landscapes.
OUR CORE VALUES
CULTURAL INTEGRITY SOVEREIGNTY GENDER EQUALITY SUSTAINABILTY OUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS
Are we operating in culturally appropriate manner ?
Are we promoting autonomy for the indigenous stakeholders and communities?
Are we ensuring fair and attainable gender representation implementation?
Are the above mentioned delivered with a long term vision?
OUR PROJECTS
GASMATA, NOVEMBER 2020
Our founder Ange and her team embarked on an expedition to the small coastal village of Gasmata, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea. The goal of this expedition was to engage with and build relationships with the local villagers of Gasmata, whilst also providing education on basic hygiene practices and providing medical aid in collaboration with the West New Britain Provincial Health Authority.
SEA WOMEN OF MELANESIA
Melanesian Luxury Yachts are proud partners of Sea Women of Melanesia.
SWOM is a program that is designed to educate and empower women through education in marine science and scuba diving. These skills allow them to play an active role in creating and monitoring marine protected areas on their traditional own coral reefs.
This program supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals of Gender Equality, Sustainable Communities, Climate Action, and Life Below Water.
Melanesian Luxury Yachts donates $150 from each of our expeditions to to Sea Women of Melanesia.
For more information about the program, visit the Coral Sea Foundation website here.
eXXpedition
“eXXpedition is a not-for-profit organisation that runs pioneering all-female sailing research expeditions to investigate the causes of and solutions to ocean plastic pollution.” - eXXpedition
Cairns local and environmental engineer, Eva Wrhovina was due to set sail as a crew member on the Fiji to Vanuatu voyage this year, which was unfortunately postponed until 2021 due to COVID-19. This research expedition will see the crew collaborating with local organisations to investigate plastic pollution from Fiji to Vanuatu.
Check out these articles for more information about eXXpedition’s fight against plastic pollution;
eXXpedition In The Press
Forbes: SAP Partners with Ocean Activist
euronews: Meet the 300 Women Sailing the Seas to Fight Plastic Pollution
Hit: Be Inspired by These Amazing Local Women!
You can support Eva and her team on achieving their next voyage by contributing to her fundraiser here.
NUSA ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Inaugural Cleanup
Keeping it clean! Every Friday the students of Nusa Island Elementary School work hard to keep the island clean by participating in the inaugural Nusa Island cleanup. A wonderful initiative run by Kurt Diercke, Manager of Nusa Island Retreat, sees students and locals picking up litter to keep their home beautiful.
We were proud to be part of this community project when visiting Nusa Island and look forward to more to come! Keep up the great work!
FIRST AID SUPPLIES & DIVING MASKS, DECEMBER 2020
Funded by charter guest onboard S/Y Hemisphere. These items were distributed whilst cruising.
The medical supplies delivered to twenty to Aid Posts.
The dive masks to cray-fisherman of Lavongai district.
Melanesian Luxury Yachts would like to say a massive thank you to Charles Makray from First Response Training Cairns for his contributions, providing first aid supplies and equipment for the local Papua New Guinea community; and a massive thank you to Perry Jones at Ocean Free for providing the dive masks!
COMMUNITY HALL CONSTRUCTION Melanesian Luxury Yachts x Clem’s Place x Canterbury Bulldogs | November, 2019
Melanesian Luxury Yachts are proud to have been a part of this wonderful collaboration to build schools and community centres in regional New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. Utilising joint resources, we were able to purchase building supplies required to complete the construction project.
From the Canterbury Bulldogs, Jayden Okunbor, Jack Cogger, Corey Payne, Reni Maitua, Corey Hughes and Daniel Holdsworth, as well as Cronulla Sharks players Sione Katoa and Ronaldo Mulitalo, visited PNG for a week to give a helping hand. Read about their visit in Jayden Okunbor’s article via Athlete’s Voice. You can also read an article about their visit by the Canterbury Bulldogs here.
We would like to send a huge thank you out to Clement Anton, of Clem’s Place: Surf and Adventure Lodge, for his ongoing initiative and drive to design and execute the projects.
A huge shout out also goes to yacht M/Y Endless Summer for their continued generosity whilst visiting the Melanesia region.
