Soava

Seek to teach to fish than to just give...

Just restocked on raffia clutches and ornaments! Also, we have a NEW line of glass beads jewelry that would make great gifts. 🙂 Check out our retail booth at Zele if you are around Magazine Street in New Orleans.

I love pairing these colourful raffia clutches with our crochet hats for an evening cocktail! Summer is already in New Orleans!☀️🎶🎷

No plans for Saturday? Come to the Freret Street Festival to welcome the 2023 Festival Season in New Orleans! Enjoy the music, food, vendors, and New Orleans vibes! Soava will have a booth between Cadiz and Jena Street at our usual spot. We are looking forward to seeing you!

It's the first day of Spring folks! We are so looking forward to the warmer and sunnier days!🌞😎

Heading to the beach ⛱️ soon? These playful lightweight beach bags just landed at our retail space on Magazine Street. Choose from several colors to match your swimwear!

Still looking for a mother's day gift? New raffia clutches and bags just landed at the Soava retail space at Zele, 2841 Magazine Street, New Orleans.

Hello friends! We're so excited that Festivals are back in New Orleans! Come visit our booth at the Freret Festival this Saturday, March 26 11am until 6pm and get your own colorful large brim raffia hats! We will also have our straw bags, straw clutches and many other beautiful handmade items. The 🌞 will be out too! A bientot! 🥰

It's a gorgeous day in New Orleans! The sun is shining 🌞 bright and these beauties are headed to our retail space at Zele on Magazine Street!

It's gooseberry season! Did you know that these pretty yellow berries are packed with nutrients and antioxidants?

Are you looking to shop early for the holidays? These colorful one-of-a-kind handmade raffia straw clutches are now at the Soava booth inside Zele at 2841 Magazine Street, New Orleans. Aren't they lovely? 🙂

I am so grateful to Amy Gabriel of St Charles Avenue Magazine for featuring one of the baskets I carry in their May 2021 issue! 🙏🙏🙏❤️ Thank you so much! This girl is so honored and forever grateful!

New raffia baskets now available on our website and at our retail space at Zele! Give your home a global flair with these handmade baskets. Use them to hold trinkets, magazines or fruit in style or hang them on a wall for an original home decor.

It's a gorgeous day today in New Orleans! Spring is definitely here. We just added some new handwoven raffia hats at Soava's retail space inside Zele (2841 Magazine Street). Stay under the shade and protect your skin in style!☀️

On this March 8, 2021, International Women's Day, Soava is pleased to celebrate the "she"-roes of flora conservation in Madagascar, in particular, our compatriot Ms. Jeannie Raharimampionona (photo).

Ms. Raharimampionona is a Malagasy woman winner of the National Geographic Award for Leadership in Conservation in November 2020.

While a lot of attention is often given to Madagascar's fauna through the island's lemurs and many other endemic species, the country's unique, yet also endangered flora receives less buzz.

In November 2020, for the first time ever, a Malagasy person won this prestigious international award. Ms. Jeannie Raharimampionona currently serves as the Conservation Unit Coordinator for the Missouri Botanical Garden program in Madagascar.

Over 14,000 species of flower plants currently exist in Madagascar and new species continue to be discovered. Unfortunately, that flora is being threatened by mining exploitation, fire, and logging.

Ms. Raharimampionona and her team have the vision of transforming 80 priority areas around the island into natural protected areas. As of the end of 2020, her team, together with the local communities, successfully created 13 protected areas.

Ms. Raharimampionona is convinced that the forest cannot be protected without community involvement. She works hand-in-hand with women organizations in and around the protected areas. The women are trained in seedling production and in tree nursery creation and management. The women also coordinate community patrols.

Ms. Raharimampionona says the women are fierce advocates and enthusiastic about conservation. She emphasizes that although the award is in her name, she "dedicates the prize to the wonderful women who work in conservation throughout Madagascar".

It's that energy and enthusiasm that Soava is pleased to celebrate this month of March as the role of women in society is elevated and recognized worldwide as in Madagascar.

Happy March 8, International Women's Day, to you all!

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Photo copyright: National Geographic and Missouri Botanical Garden
Write-up copyright: Soava, 2021.

This is my haiku for today...celebrating the beauty of the highlands of my motherland . 🥰

Blue hills softly glow
Perched on a step are houses
Of red clay and straw
- Haiku by Soava

Birds are singing, magnolias are blooming and the days are becoming longer in New Orleans. Spring is definitely just around the corner...🌷and our raffia straw clutches and wristlets are waiting for you. 🙂

beauty is simple
when less is more, coming
to shore is easy.

My haiku for today.
- Soava