by admin | Mar 24, 2010 | Aurora Design Fund, Educational project SL, Kraumur, Puppet Art
The board of the Aurora Fund announced last week, March 16th, its decision to allocate USD 800 thousand in support of four projects in the field of humanitarian aid, education, and culture in Iceland and in SierraLeone. One of the Fund’s latest projects is...
by admin | Feb 18, 2010 | Aurora Design Fund
Eight designers and architects received a grant of total ISK 7,880,000 kr from Aurora Design Fund yesterday 17th February. The Design Fund received 62 applications in the fields of architecture, graphic design, landscape architecture, fashion design and product...
by admin | Nov 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
We waited anxiously at the check-in desk at London’s Heathrow Airport, eight men and women on our way to Freetown, Sierra Leone, early in November. The tension rose a notch when we were informed that our flight was overbooked, but we turned down the offer of an...
by admin | Mar 18, 2009 | Aurora Design Fund, Child Protection, Educational project SL, Kraumur, MUSMAP, Radio programme Mozambique, Red Cross
The Board of the Aurora Fund has allocated ISK 111.5 million in support of six projects in the field of humanitarian aid, education and culture in Iceland as well as the African countries of Sierra Leone and Mozambique. Four of these projects have not been Fund...
by admin | Jan 29, 2008 | Uncategorized
“May the Aurora Fund open the way for all to see beyond the horizon!” said Ingibjörg Kristjánsdóttir, Board Chairperson of Aurora, among other things when she opened the meeting at the National Museum of Iceland on 23 January where the first grants of the fund were...