by Regína Bjarnadóttir | Sep 25, 2020 | Third pole, Uncategorized
Yesterday was the premiere of the documentary The Hero‘s Journey to the Third Pole. The film is about living with bipolar disorder, and it includes both songs and elephants. It is an exceptionally sensitive and beautiful story, a true adventure, just like the two main...
by Suzanne Regterschot | Aug 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
We are back! Last week, Regina and Suzanne were on a flight back to Freetown after being away for 5 months, and after the mandatory COVID-tests (which were all negative!), the office in Freetown is open again on a daily basis. The rest of the staff has kept the office...
by Suzanne Regterschot | Jan 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
On the 23rd of January 2007, The Aurora Foundation was established by Ólafur Ólafssón and Ingibjörg Kristjánsdóttir. Now, 13 years later, we are celebrating the work of our foundation with the official office opening in Freetown, Sierra Leone! With the help from many...
by Suzanne Regterschot | Dec 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dear all, With this post we would like to take the opportunity to thank you all for your support and partnerships, and to wish you a happy new year! We would also like to take a moment to reflect on the past year by showing some of the highlights of 2019: January...
by Regína Bjarnadóttir | Oct 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
by Regína Bjarnadóttir | Sep 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
We welcome Suzanne to our great little team at Aurora Foundation in Freetown. We are so happy to have her on board – she will be leading large part of our new project Aurora Impact – stay tuned!
