Björgunarsveit Hafnarfjarðar
Iceland is Europe's least densely populated country and with it's unspoiled and truly surreal landscape is certainly a nature lover's paradise. This attracts an increasing number of tourists and explorers every year eager to explore the unique nature of Iceland. However this also comes with it's dangers. Every year explorers get lost or otherwise trapped in Iceland's large uninhabited terrain. This is where Björgunarsveit Hafnarfjarðar comes in. Björgunarsveit Hafnarfjarðar is a part of Iceland’s national rescue force called Landsbjörg or as it is know in English, Icelandic Association for Search and Rescue (ICE-SAR). Whenever a person needs to be rescued one or more of ICE-SAR's search and rescue forces is mobilized in order to try to track the person down and help them out. Björgunarsveit Hafnarfjarðar has been operating for over 50 years and is one of Iceland’s biggest rescue forces.
On the left you can see a picture of Kris and the rescue dog Perla. Björgunarsveit Hafnarfjarðar has used rescue dogs like Perla to track down lost people in need of help since its establishment over 50 years ago. Between 1970 and 2005, dogs like Perla have helped locate and save the lives of over 100 lost people. Perla joined Björgunarsveit Hafnarfjarðar in 2012 but due to the economic climate in Iceland they have had a hard time paying for her training. Björgunarsveit Hafnarfjarðar is a nonprofit, noncommercial, volunteer-based organization and therefore runs solely on donations. However, they do conduct their services for everyone for free. This is why we ask for your help to fund the training and expenses of having Perla as a part of the search and rescue force so she can go on to save lives just as her predecessors have done for many years.
Here to the left you can view a video demonstrating some of the activities that a typical Icelandic search and rescue force takes part in and here is a link to a news article about a rescue mission conducted by ICE-SAR
THE CHARITY
