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The students at the Lettie Stuart Pottery graduated!
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The students at the Lettie Stuart Pottery graduated!

On Saturday, eight pottery students finally graduated from the Lettie Stuart Pottery training course. Almost two years ago, they commenced the 18-month progr…

23 Feb 20212 min
The First Sweet Salone Container shipment
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The First Sweet Salone Container shipment

Aurora has now shipped its first full container, full of Sweet Salone products, all handmade in Sierra Leone. It is a major milestone for Aurora and the arti…

20 Feb 20211 min
Fyrsti Sweet Salone gámurinn
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Fyrsti Sweet Salone gámurinn

Aurora velgerðasjóður sendi nú á dögunum í fyrsta sinn úr höfn, fullan gám af Sweet Salone vörum, sem allar eru handgerðar í Sierra Leone. Viðkomustaðir gáms…

20 Feb 20211 min
There is never a dull moment at the Lettie Stuart Pottery!
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There is never a dull moment at the Lettie Stuart Pottery!

Last week was a big one as it was the last week of the 18th month Ceramic School program. The students have already sat their final exam and used the last we…

25 Jan 20211 min
Uman Tok is thriving!
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Uman Tok is thriving!

Last November during our ‘Get-ready-for-Christmas-market’, we donated 10% of all sales to the Sierra Leonean charity Uman Tok .

22 Jan 20211 min
New agreement between SLADEA and Aurora signed
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New agreement between SLADEA and Aurora signed

Aurora foundation and Sierra Leone Adult Education Association (SLADEA) recently signed a new agreement regarding operations at the Lettie Stuart Pottery.

23 Nov 20201 min
Article on the Lettie Stuart Pottery and Sweet Salone
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Article on the Lettie Stuart Pottery and Sweet Salone

INSIGHT magazine visited us at Aurora and went on a trip to Waterloo to see the Lettie Stuart Pottery learn about our Sweet Salone project and the story behi…

13 Nov 20201 min
Heimildamynd um Hugdettu og Sweet Salone!
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Heimildamynd um Hugdettu og Sweet Salone!

Nú nýlega var gefin út heimildamynd um Hugdettu , hönnunarteymi sem hefur unnið með Auroru velgerðasjóði að Sweet Salone verkefninu.

22 Oct 20201 min
Documentary about Hugdetta and Sweet Salone!
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Documentary about Hugdetta and Sweet Salone!

Recently we have released a documentary about Hugdetta , one of the designers that works with Aurora Foundation on the Sweet Salone project.

22 Oct 20201 min
Marketing Sessions at Lettie Stuart
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Marketing Sessions at Lettie Stuart

Last week, Yasmin Metz-Johnson, founder of Yasmin Tells , visited the Lettie Stuart Pottery Centre in Waterloo, where she led a workshop on how to market the…

19 Oct 20201 min
Aurora and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Iceland sign a contract
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Aurora and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Iceland sign a contract

Aurora is proud to announce that we recently signed a contract with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Iceland about co-financing further support of the Lett…

22 Jul 20202 min
Solar energy at the pottery centre!
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Solar energy at the pottery centre!

Some people might know that Aurora’s office has been equipped with a large solar grid from Easy Solar, but did you know that we also work with Easy Solar to…

1 Jul 20201 min