The project manager Huld spent the last week traveling with Sigurstein Mássyn at the International Fund for Animal Welfare IFAW.
The occasion was to visit the youth departments of several schools in the North East and present there the activities of the Whale Museum in Húsavík and the work of IFAW in Iceland and internationally.
It's fair to say that the young people know what they're singing about. They were concerned about the animals, and the students at Þórshöfn recalled, among other things, an incident where killer whales swam up to the shore and the local rescue team, together with the local rescue team, took part in rescue operations. Questions such as why whales beach and how whales are born, whether they are uncomfortable in zoos and whether they are curious about whale watching boats were raised. The interest was definitely there and the students showed interest in the activity. Schools from Þórshöfn and Bakkafjörður, to Dalvík, with a stop at Húsavík, Akureyri and Reykjahlíð were visited, altogether 9 schools and over 400 students.
Huld then encouraged students, teachers and school administrators to visit the museum, which is free of charge for school groups in organized visits.
Here, Sigursteinn Másson tells about IFAW's project in Malví, Africa, where the fund built a fish farm in collaboration with local people to prevent fishing within the Liwande National Park.
The students of Dalvík Primary School were enthusiastic.
