ACTIV (Alternative Communities Trade in Vanuatu) Association was created in 2008 to work on the economical, social and environmental empowerment of the local small-scale producers and rural communities. The two commercial arms of ACTIV association were created in 2010 with ACTIV limited for the trading of the handicrafts, spices and the Virgin Coconut production and in 2016 with Aelan Chocolate Makers for the value-adding of the local cocoa into cocoa powder, cocoa butter, cocoa nibs and fine chocolate. ACTIV worked on several projects to improve the livelihoods of the local communities with especially one on recycling jewelry making using aluminum cans in 2016