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Giving Back to Our Local Community.
Nestled in the bustling capital city of Male’, we aim to display the best of what the sunny side of life has to offer; in an ensemble of products that draw inspiration from the natural beauty of our small island nation.
As a business that came to fruition from our desire to create products that pay homage to our beautiful and bountiful oceans, we believe that it is our responsibility to play our dutiful part in protecting the delicate Maldivian archipelago and the aquatic wildlife that live within them.
Here at the Oevaali Art Shop, establishing a web of symbiotic relationships between our customers and community alike is a core part of our company's ethos. Since our company launched in 2015, we have prioritized listening and delivering to provide a perfectly blended experience for our customers by working alongside different organizations that work tirelessly to achieve a sustainable future for our country. In alignment with this mission, we have partnered with charitable organizations such as the Manta Trust, the Olive Ridley Project, and the Maldives Whale Shark Research Programme (MWSRP), to ensure that philanthropy is reflected in the work that we do. As such, a portion of our earnings from specific products go towards these respective organizations, therefore, when customers patronize our business, they are also able to give back to our local community in support of these important causes.
THE MANTA TRUST
The Manta Trust is a UK registered charity that works closely with researchers, scientists, conservationists, and educators to conserve mobula rays and their relatives through a seamless combination of research, education and collaboration. Their team of seasoned professionals have identified over 5000 different individuals of reef manta rays (Mobula Alfredi), from over 70,000 photo-ID sightings, which makes the Maldivian reef manta population one of the largest and most intensively studied populations globally.
In support of the organization, we donate 5% your purchases of the Manta Ray Silver + Sapphire Pendant to the Manta Trust and their pioneering work for our oceans.
OLIVE RIDLEY PROJECT
Founded in 2013, the Olive Ridley Project is a UK-based charity that is on a mission to protect sea turtles that are at risk of extinction through rescue and rehabilitation, scientific research, education and community outreach. They currently operate two facilities of sea turtle rescue and rehabilitation in the Maldives: one being a veterinary run Marine Turtle Rescue Centre in Baa Atoll, and other is a Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Center in North Male Atoll.
We have been collaborating with the Olive Ridley Project since 2021, by donating 5% of all Turtle Silver + Sapphire Pendant purchases to the charity.
MALDIVES WHALE SHARK RESEARCH PROGRAM
The Maldives Whale Shark Research Programme (MWSRP) is a research-based conservation charity and Maldivian NGO dedicated to studying the whale shark and fostering community focused conservation initiatives in the Maldives. MWSRP collects base-line data on the whale shark populations of the Maldives which in turn, guides scientific understanding and advocacy efforts for environmental policy. Thus far, the MWSRP have identified more than 600 whale shark individuals across the country using non invasive photo identification methods.
5% of your purchase of the Whale Shark Notebook is donated to the MWSRP to help them succeed in their goal to advance the field of whale shark knowledge and to advocate for sound conservation policy in the Maldives.
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