by Suzanne Regterschot | Mar 31, 2021 | Pottery School
We are very excited to announce that, besides Peter Korompai, also Guðbjörg Káradóttir arrived safe and well in Sierra Leone for another stay! Guðbjörg is, just like Peter, already familiar with the pottery and has worked with the team when she was in Sierra Leone two...
by Regína Bjarnadóttir | Mar 22, 2021 | Hospital beds
On behalf of Akureyri Hospital, Aurora Foundation recently donated six hospital beds to the UBC Mattru Hospital in Mattru Jong Sierra Leone. Mattru Jong is the Capital of Bonthe district, located in the southern part of Sierra Leone, and the hospital is the main...
by Suzanne Regterschot | Mar 19, 2021 | Pre-Accelerator programme
We are extremely excited to announce that last Tuesday, Cohort 2 of our Pre-Accelerator Programme graduated! We cannot believe how fast time has passed and we have already reached the end of the programme. We could not be more proud of the 8 start-ups that we got the...
by Regína Bjarnadóttir | Mar 15, 2021 | Hospital beds
On behalf of Akureyri Hospital, Aurora Foundation recently donated 4 hospital beds to the Brama Community Hospital, located on the Waterloo-Maisaka Highway, about 90 minutes drive from Freetown. The Brama Community Hospital is a small community run hospital in the...
by Suzanne Regterschot | Mar 10, 2021 | Pre-Accelerator programme
Last week, we finally had the chance to introduce the start-ups from the two different Cohorts to each other! As Cohort 2 has been perfecting their pitches over the past weeks, they got the opportunity to pitch for Cohort 1 as well as the other way around. It was...
