Projects & Initiatives
Programmes spanning entrepreneurship, craft, education, arts, and community development across Sierra Leone.
Aurora Music
3 projects- 01
Mengi
The music scene in Iceland is large, vibrant, and colorful. One of the spaces where interesting concerts are often he…
Iceland - 02
Music Writing Week
There is a thriving music industry in Sierra Leone, but in many cases, it is still in its infancy. The talent is ther…
Sierra Leone - 03
KRAUMUR Music Awards
Aurora´s Annual Music Awards. Kraumur Music Awards was established to introduce and support music releases of Iceland…
Iceland
Microcredit
2 projects- 01
Microcredit ACTB
The lack of affordable financing opportunities poses a major constraint to investment and growth in Sierra Leone. Fur…
Sierra Leone - 02
Microcredit Grassroots Gender Empowerment Movement
The lack of affordable financing opportunities poses a major constraint to investment and growth in Sierra Leone. Fur…
Sierra Leone
Projects supported in Iceland
13 projects- 01
Book launch of Art and culture as therapy: Icelandic museums and Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease (AD), is a chronic neurodegenerative disease causing the majority of dementia cases. The mo…
Iceland - 02
Kraftur – a support group for young people that have been diagnosed with cancer
Kraftur is a non-profit foundation supporting young people (aged 18-40) who have been diagnosed with cancer along wit…
Iceland - 03
Neistinn – foundation for children with heart defects
Every year around seventy Icelandic children are diagnosed with heart defects. About half of them need to have surger…
Iceland - 04
Performing Arts in Iceland
Many ambitious and outstanding performance art projects have been staged in Iceland. The creative force behind this u…
Iceland - 05
Hrókurinn Chess Club
Since 2003, the Icelandic Chess Club Hrókurinn (e. Rook) has worked diligently in introducing the game of chess to th…
Iceland - 06
The Icelandic RED CROSS
After the economic crisis of 2008, pressure on the Icelandic Red Cross helplines increased considerably. The Director…
Iceland - 07
NATURE Outdoor Concert
An outdoor concert, entitled Nature was held by the old laundry springs in Laugardalur on June 28th, 2008. Icelandic…
Iceland - 08
MusMap
MusMap.com is a web page dedicated to classical and contemporary music, initiated by the composer Hugi Guðmundsson an…
Iceland - 09
National Gallery of Iceland
Louise Bourgeois is one of the best-known female artists in the world. She was still agile and working vigorously whe…
Iceland - 10
Sigurgeir´s Bird collection
Sigurgeir’s Bird Collection is named after Sigurgeir Stefánsson from Ytri-Neslöndum in Mývatn who had a keen interest…
Iceland - 11
The Magic Flute for children
A famous opera by Mozart, The Magic Flute appeals to people of all generations and perhaps, particularly to children.…
Iceland - 12
Friends of Vin
Vin (transl. Oasis) is a Day Shelter in Reykjavik for people with mental health problems. Aiming to reduce isolation…
Iceland - 13
Centre for Puppet Arts in Borgarnes
Bernd Ogrodnik, the artistic director and co-founder of the Centre for Puppet Arts, is one of the world’s greatest pu…
Iceland
Projects supported in Sierra Leone
13 projects- 01
COVID-19 Mask Distribution Initiative
The current COVID-19 pandemic has caused social and economic disruption around our globe. As well as other countries,…
Sierra Leone - 02
Hospital Beds
It was brought to Aurora´s attention some years ago that Akureyri Hospital, the largest hospital outside of the capit…
Sierra Leone - 03
School-feeding programme at the Magbenteh Community Boarding School
The Magbenteh Community Boarding School, which is located between the villages of Mathinka and Magbenteh in Bombali D…
Sierra Leone - 04
Emergency Relief due to Ebola Epidemic
The Ebola epidemic hit Sierra Leone in May 2014, leaving 14,124 people infected of which 3,956 lost their lives. In t…
Sierra Leone - 05
Sanitation Facilities in Goderich, Sierra Leone
Aurora Foundation is a partner in the operation of a fish landing site in Goderich, on the outskirts of Freetown, Sie…
Sierra Leone - 06
Girls’ Education in Sierra Leone
Over the duration of the 1991–2002 civil war in Sierra Leone, a large part of the educational system was devastated,…
Sierra Leone - 07
Mothers’ Clubs – Sierra Leone
The fact that children are not enrolling in school at the right age in Sierra Leone is a challenge that must be faced…
Sierra Leone - 08
Child Protection in Sierra Leone
Nearly half of the population in Sierra Leone is under the age of 18. Every day, children and young people face chall…
Sierra Leone - 09
Fish Landing Sites in Sierra Leone
In 2010, four fish landing sites in Goderich, Tombo, Shenge and Bonthe were constructed by the African Development Fu…
Sierra Leone - 10
Educational Project in Kono, Sierra Leone
During the 1991-2002 civil war in Sierra Leone a large part of the educational system was devastated, which meant tha…
Sierra Leone - 11
Aschobi Design
Adama Kai is a young clothes designer from Sierra Leone who has attracted attention for her design and spunk. She stu…
Sierra Leone - 12
ICT trainings
Every year, thousands of students graduate from universities across Sierra Leone. When Aurora launched its first ICT…
Sierra Leone - 13
Entrepreneurship Education Clubs
Aurora Foundation strives to create a social impact for people and societies in Sierra Leone. In the past two years w…
Sierra Leone
Projects supported globally
7 projects- 01
The Hero’s Journey to the Third Pole
The Hero’s Journey to the Third Pole – A Bipolar Musical Documentary With Elephants In Nepal, just as in Iceland, the…
International - 02
Tau frá Tógó
Tau frá Tógó is an Icelandic organization that sells clothes and other goods sewed and produced in a Sewing Workshop,…
International - 03
ABC Children Aid in Kenya
ABC Children Aid is an Icelandic NGO founded in 1988. Today, it operates in six countries in Africa and Asia. In Keny…
International - 04
Child-To-Child Radio Programme In Mozambique
Radio is the most popular media medium in Africa. In Mozambique, 800 young people and children participated in the ma…
International - 05
Shelter for life
Due to the difficult conditions in the mountain villages of Nepal, only about 50% of the children live to the age of…
International - 06
Educational project in Malawi
There is a serious lack of qualified teachers and nurses in many rural areas in Malawi. Those who grow up in these ar…
International - 07
Malawi Childrens Hospital
10% of all new-borns die in Malawi and 17% die before reaching their fifth birthday. The major causes of death in Mal…
International
Other initiatives
2 projects- 01
Kraumur Music Fund
Established in the beginning of 2008, the Kraumur Music Fund was as an experimental project for three years. Aimed at…
Sierra Leone - 02
Aurora Design Fund
The Aurora Design Fund represents a milestone as the first fund in Iceland to directly support designers. The Fund sp…
Sierra Leone
