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THE GROUPS

LETTIE STUART
POTTERY

Lettie Stuart Pottery is quite a unique place, not only in Sierra Leone but in all of West Africa, as it is one of very few places that is capable of making high fired pottery products. It was founded by the Sierra Leone Adult Education Association (SLADEA) named after Dr Lettie Stuart the founder of SLADEA. It was established to help adults and youth, who hadn´t received formal education, to acquire skills as potters.

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FODAY THORONKA
TAILOR

Foday Thoronka, is a Freetown based tailor that has been working with Aurora Foundation for several years. Foday is grateful for crossing path with Aurora Foundation as he has acquired new skills from training received through Aurora and all the extra work through the Sweet Salone project as a tailor has help him to build his own house from a single room he was managing with his family and work.

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LUMLEY BEACH
MARKET ARTISANS

Hidden behind the Tourist Board of Sierra Leone facility off Lumley Beach is a small market called Lumley Beach Market, where you can find various goods and souvenirs made by both the sellers in the market and their brothers and sisters in their villages and sent to town. Through the past few years Aurora has worked with several of the artisans that are based in the market.

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BRAMA TOWN
WEAVERS

Brama town is a small village located 30km south of Freetown, with just over 700 habitants. Basket weaving is one of the main activities in the village. The group of weavers is headed by the Chief of Brama town Samuel Walker Mansaray, who taught most of the others the art of basket weaving.

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Mariatu Koroma Textile Weaver
& Alusine Bangura Tailor

Mariatu is a textile weaver and a mother of four children, and she is based in Grafton. There she has her weaver loom, and she is a part of a community of women all making Kontri Kloth that they sell in Big Market, Freetown. She is the main weaver for all the Green Giraffe products. Alusine is a tailor with grand ambitions and is currently also attending University. He has been the leading tailor for the Green Giraffe products, and that is how he has been able to finance his university education.

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TIANGAY MARTHA TUCKER
FASHION DESIGNER / TAILOR

Martha is passionate about fashion design, but opportunities to learn are few in Sierra Leone. Her dream is to become a well-established fashion designer and open up a school to teach others.She grew up in a small village but moved to her grandmother in Freetown when she was seven years old to go to school.
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PRODUCTION

LETTIE STUART
POTTERY

  • VASES
  • CANDLE HOLDERS
  • PLATES
  • BOWLS
  • CUPS

BRAMA TOWN
WEAVERS

  • LAMPS
  • BASKETS
  • DOLLS BASKETS

FODAY THORONKA
TAILOR

  • PILLOWS
  • DRESSES
  • SHIRTS
  • TROUSERS
  • DOLLS DRESSES

Mariatu Koroma Textile Weaver &
Alusine Bangura Tailor

  • PILLOWS
  • POUCHES

LUMLEY BEACH
MARKET ARTISANS

  • CORONETS
  • HAIR BANDS
  • NECKLACES
  • BRACELETS
  • TROUSERS
  • BAGS

TIANGAY MARTHA TUCKER
FASHION DESIGNER / TAILOR

  • MASKS

PRODUCTION EACH YEAR

2021 DESIGNER NUMBER OF ARTISANS
Bracelets 10,000 Lumley Beach Market Artisans 10
Woven Products 1,362 Hugdetta, Terrably Good 19
Pottery Products 963 Hugdetta 11
Kontri Kloth Woven Products 129 Green Giraffe 2
Childen Accesories 105 AsWeGrow 3
Masks 50 Tiangay Martha Tucker 1
Necklaces 40 KRONKRON 1

TESTIMONIALS

Hannah Samura
JEWELRY AND ACCESSORIES MAKER

Hannah is a 45 year old artisan and businesswoman who started working with Aurora a few years ago. She has had only seven years of formal schooling, but you wouldn’t be able to tell from that clever, creative, and ambitious woman. One of her latest achievements is the design of bracelets that Barnaheill – Save the Children in Iceland ordered for their fundraising campaign and into which she has also put a lot of hard work producing. Hannah has four children, and the work she has received through Aurora is meaningful for her in terms of helping her out with her business, providing for the children, and financing their formal education. Furthermore, she has bought a small piece of land to build on and is happy and grateful for the assignments she receives, especially as it helps her take care of her children.

Dorcas James
Potter

Dorcas, currently an apprentice at the LSP, graduated from the LSP pottery training program in February 2021. She is 29 years old and is married with one child. She also provides for her younger sister and a nephew who lives with her. Dorcas is an enthusiastic potter and is very grateful for the work Aurora has provided her with at the pottery, as it gives her a reason to leave the house and be active. She says that before she started working at LSP, she did not have much to do, was inactive at home, but now she comes to work every day and is happy to be leading an active life. She is, furthermore, glad to provide for her family with the money she now receives. Dorcas went to school but quit after formal basic education when she was a teenager and is not confident in her reading and writing skills. She is though very proud of herself now, of her achievements, the person she has become, and that she is no longer dependent on her husband but can stand financially independent on her own. She moreover claims that the chance to learn and work with Aurora and LSP has been life-changing for her.

Sarah Conteh Bamboo Cane Weaver

Sarah, or Sarious as he is sometimes called with a connotation to his work ethic, is a 27 year old ambitious bamboo cane weaver who has been working as a collaborative artisan with Aurora for around five years now. He likes the work, and to him, the most significant change to his life since starting the collaboration is that he can now pay for his siblings’ schooling, take good care of his 3 year old child, and he has been able to buy a piece of land for his own house. Sara quit school after finishing his formal basic education. He remarks that there is a significant difference in his quality of life since starting the work with Aurora and is very happy and grateful for the impact Aurora has created in his life.

THE SWEET SALONE PROJECT CONTRIBUTES TO THE
FOLLOWING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS OF THE UNITED NATIONS