Delegation from Iceland visits Aurora in Sierra Leone

10.10.19

Last Saturday, a delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Iceland visited our office. While enjoying our beautiful premises and some local Sierra Leonean snacks (plantain chips! 🍌), the director of Aurora told them about our past and current projects including those where we aim to build a bridge between Iceland and Sierra Leone, as well as showing them products made by the local designers we support.

Petur Skulason Waldorff, Martin Eyjolfsson and Eva Thengils.

Engilbert Gudmundson the former Head of World Bank in Sierra Leone and Regina Bjarnadottir the Executive Director of Aurora foundation.

← New ICT course on the agenda The first course on Wilkinson Road already underway →

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