News and reviews
16.05.12
Book party at Saoban’s cotton village in Savanaket. We made the most of our capacity building trip to Savanaket by holding a book party and art activities at the local primary school. A huge thank you to Lelde and Friends in Australia for making that possible.
See some photos from our trip on facebook.
12.05.12
Happy Birthday Saoban!! Celebrate Saoban’s birthday with a traditional Baci ceremony, snacks, drinks and dancing. To thank you for all your support over the past year we are offering 15% off all items all day.
See some photos from the big day here.
15.12.11
Christmas at Saoban!! At 1:30pm and 6pm join us for a drink at the shop, meet our founders and learn how Saoban is helping women throughout Laos. Do your Christmas shopping at Saoban and you’ll be helping them too!!
RSVP by emailing contact@saobancrafts.com to receive 10% off plus a free gift with each purchase, and go into the draw to win a beautiful Saoban door prize.
Send your Christmas wishes on facebook.
28.11.11
Two page feature in the Vientiane Times: Saoban makes the news! Download the full article: From Hopeless to Hopeful
19.11.11
WIG Bazaar: Saoban had five booths at this year’s Bazaar. See some of our photos from the day.
25.6.11
Natural dyeing event: Despite the rain, so many people came to try their hands on making natural dyes and using them to dye silk and cotton. See our photos of the event on our Facebook page
1.6.11
Saoban is now on Facebook
19.4.11
Article about Saoban features in the People’s Daily newspaper, China
1.4.11
New brochure about Saoban available in Japanese
A social enterprise
Saoban is a member of PADETC, a Lao NGO that integrates socially sustainable programs in education, agriculture, micro-finance, handcrafts and community leadership.