SUPER PROUD of my primary school Hong Kong Shark Foundation 香港護鯊會 Shark Ambassadors from Japanese International School HK. After I taught there recently, these precocious kids put together, on their own, this short video educating people on how they can help SAVE SHARKS! Check it out. Just adorable!💪
CONGRATS to “THE ARK” students from English Schools Foundation Sha Tin College who as part of their commitment to raise awareness about the global issue of #climatechange decided to create a #podcast series interviewing local NGO’s in Hong Kong about critical conservation issues like how apex predators such as sharks are endangered and 1/3 of…
Hats off to the creative and compassionate group of ESF Sha Tin College secondary students who formed a conservation team called THE ARK to raise awareness about the global issue of climate change in the local context of Hong Kong. 👏❤️🦈 To achieve their goal THE ARK partnered up with NGOs like Hong Kong Shark…
On November 3rd, the Hong Kong Shark Foundation 香港護鯊會 “Shark Ambassadors” at ESF Sha Tin College teamed up with the Environmental Council to participate in #CNN’s second annual Call to Earth Day, Living Oceans: Turning The Tide project by organising a week of school-wide ocean 🌊 awareness events. One of these fun events was a…
Hong Kong Shark Foundation is so proud of these ESF Shatin College “Shark Ambassadors” who put on a “Marine Art Contest” on Oct 31 – November 8 to raise awareness among the school’s students about ocean/shark 🦈 conservation and marine pollution. Students submitted art pieces based on the theme of marine pollution and other students…
Great day teaching 120 students about SDG #14Lifebelowwater and shark/ocean conservation at local Marymount Secondary School. This talk was part of our Hong Kong Shark Foundation 香港護鯊會 Shark Ambassador education program https://www.hksharkfoundation.org/education/ to teach young people to be leaders and to raise awareness amongst their peers and family about shark conservation. If your school is…
Hi, check out out our new, improved HKSF padlet for students. Feel free to take our Google Survey, sign our Tao Heung petition and see what students have done to raise awareness and save sharks this past year!! And you are most welcome to share on your social media too! https://padlet.com/SharkLady/qisk6sz6gqlwns96
Hats off to the ESF Island School CAS Club “Shark Ambassadors” for organising this awesome beach clean up on October 22 in collaboration with Hong Kong Shark Foundation 香港護鯊會 and Plastic Free Seas. As part of their IB education, these caring students organised this CAS event to help raise awareness about shark/ocean 🌊 conservation and perils…
Extremely grateful to forward thinking schools like Malvern College Hong Kong for inviting Hong Kong Shark Foundation 香港護鯊會 to speak to over 400 secondary students about shark and ocean conservation at their very 1st CAS Fair! 👏👏. Our talk focused on SDG #14LifeBelowWater and the enthusiasm and engagement of the students was simply overwhelming and…
Honoured for Hong Kong Shark Foundation 香港護鯊會 to be invited to speak at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University about NGOs, shark conservation, sustainable development goals SDGs, and #14LifeBelowWater. Planting the seeds of change in our youth of tomorrow is a great way for us to remain hopeful for our sharks 🦈, our ocean 🌊 and…
We ❤️ JIS! Super day teaching the whole primary section of Japanese International School HK. Over 150 kids joined in on the fun to learn more about not just shark 🦈 and ocean conservation but to meet a real life working #ngo like Hong Kong Shark Foundation 香港護鯊會 to experience 1st hand practical application of such principals…
Wonderful day teaching 120 Y6 Clearwater Bay Primary School students about the important role that NGO’s like Hong Kong Shark Foundation 香港護鯊會 play in raising awareness and protecting not only sharks and our ocean, but protecting our planet. When kids like this have so many great questions and such great enthusiasim to learn more about how as…
Fantastic day back teaching in-person in Hong Kong! Hong Kong Shark Foundation 香港護鯊會 kicked off the new 2022/23 school year at the brand NEW ESF Island School teaching some 240 very enthusiastic Y8 students about shark 🦈 and ocean 🌊 conservation, SDG #14LifeBelowWater and the dangers of overfishing 🐠 and ocean 🌊 pollution. Very impressed…
Congratulations to our “Shark Hero” Eunice Wan who braved the 35C heat and the torrential rain elements to bike 60 km from Ma On Shan to Lo Wu then back to raise over HKD 26,300 for Hong Kong Shark Foundation 香港護鯊會’s “Shark Ambassador” education program!! Well done Eunice! You have now raised more money than…
Fantastic end of the 2021/2022 school year Hong Kong Shark Foundation 香港護鯊會 shark conservation talk last week to over 120 passionate S2 students at STFA Cheng Yu Tung Secondary School in HK. Not only did we have an engaging and informative talk about ocean & shark conservation, sdgs, 14lifebelowwater, and plastic pollution, but we also…
Hey friends, will you support young Ernest Wang to reach his goal of hiking Hong Kong to raise funds and save sharks? Ernie is an amazing summer intern with us at Hong Kong Shark Foundation 香港護鯊會 and we are very grateful for his hard work and compassion. Hope you will support young Ernie reach his…
Congratulations to the 8 WINNERS of ESF West Island School’s Hong Kong Shark Foundation 香港護鯊會 “Shark Week 2022 – Shark Art Competition”. Eight brilliant students – ranging from Year 7s to Year 10s – participated in this fun competition, but FIRST PLACE went to Year 8 student Ariane Crane for her art titled “What if…
CONGRATS to the Shark Ambassadors at ESF West Island School who for #WorldOceanWeek2022 June 1-8 hosted “Shark Week” and SOLD OUT all their homemade merchandise to raise awareness about the plight of sharks and #SDG14 #LifeBelowWater! Combined with the bracelet, candy and “dress casual” day the students raised HKD 19,542!!!! Woot woot! Well done Ambassadors!…
FREE SHARK TALK June 10 @2 pm HK time for #worldoceanweek 2022. Sponsored by Grade 12 students Andrew Ko and Michelle Du of Canadian International School of Hong Kong. No registration required. Just scan the QR code and join in! Thank you to G12 students Andrew Ko and Michelle Du for arranging this important event to help Hong…
Hong Kong Shark Foundation 香港護鯊會 hosted a fantastic educational walking tour on Saturday of the world’s largest shark 🦈 fin market in Sai Ying Pun in Hong Kong 🇭🇰. Students from English Schools Foundation’s Quarry Bay School and Renaissance College Hong Kong learned about the devastating impact that global shark finning has on our planet 🌎. Sharks,…
On Wednesday 150 ESF Kennedy School Year 4 students welcomed Hong Kong Shark Foundation 香港護鯊會 to talk about NGO’s for their present Unit of Inquiry “How We Organise Ourselves”. We talked about how an NGO like HKSF is run and organised and talked about how our mission is to raise awareness about shark conservation and…
Super thanks to English Schools Foundation Genealy School for inviting Hong Kong Shark Foundation 香港護鯊會 to zoom speak about the importance of sharks to our planet this week. We zoomed 82 Y1 & Y2 students and the enthusiasm and obvious concern and compassion for sharks was AMAZING! Big thank you to all the wonderful teachers…
Two year 3 students from Hong Kong Polytechnic University have raised a fundraising event on the platform of Give.Asia, they are the summer intern of HKSF. They are passionate in helping the shark and the planet, that is why they join us. The money will go to the project of raising awareness and educating…
Congrats to Malvern College Hong Kong student Catrin who proudly presented on Earth Day at her school about ocean conservation and pollution, and as a result created this fabulous artwork, website and book for her Prep 6 Exhibition. Hong Kong Shark Foundation 香港護鯊會was honoured on Earth Day to present to over 200 Malvern College students…
Giving back through a charity like Hong Kong Shark Foundation 香港護鯊會 is not only important to our planet, but feels great when you can actually donate and make a difference! Thanks to American International School, who has been fostering a culture of giving by incorporating a fundraising theme into its monthly “Free Dress Day”, HKSF recently…
It’s a Fin Free Friday and we are so grateful and proud of 3 amazing Shark Ambassadors in Discovery Bay who made and sold cookies and lemonade over the Easter Break to help raise awareness in Hong Kong about the plight of sharks. It all started with 3 passionate students Stanley, Alisa and Sasha making a…
Great day back at Malvern College Hong Kong zoom teaching over 200 G5 & G6 students about shark conservation on #EarthDay 2022 April 22nd. Such enthusiasm and compassion from these students and proud to be educating young people about the importantce of sharks to our planet and actively planting the seeds of change. Special thanks…
Happy Earth Day 2022! Our success at HKSF depends on our amazing #volunteers to create meaningful content like these images today to help raise awareness for sharks on #earthday2022. Special thanks this year goes out to Michelle and Andrew both grade 12 students at Canadian International School of Hong Kong. Michelle was a star summer…
Hey kids, do you know why we need sharks 🦈? To find out why, check out this cool poster made by 15 y/o student volunteer Maddy from Hong Kong International School. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Maddy has been kindly volunteering with HKSF since 2021 making informative and helpful social media content to raise awareness about the plight of…
Join us for a FREE kids shark talk as part of LumiVoce – A Voice for the Wild’s workshop to educate kids! Link to the resgistration here. 
Congrats to the winners of the Canadian International School in Hong Kong CDNIS Grade 3 “Ocean Poster Contest” to highlight the importance of sharks 🦈 and our ocean . Hong Kong Shark Foundation 香港護鯊會 was honoured today to be a part of this project by speaking today to over 100 students about sharks and their…
WINNERS! And the “Peak Week” winners of the Hong Kong Shark Foundation 香港護鯊會 香港護鯊會 x Hong Kong International School G6-8 Shark Art Contest to raise awareness about sharks are… Cheryl – Grand Prize Winner for her “Shark Conservation” video Aditi – Winner for his digital poster Nicolette – Winner for her unique hand drawn on…
Special thanks to English Schools Foundation 英基學校協會 West Island School’s “Shark Ambassador” CAS Club for helping HKSF to raise awareness and HKD 4K at their 2021 holiday fair. HKSF is extremely grateful for the passion and creativity of these bright students !! Well done Shark Ambassadors! Special thanks goes out to teacher Emma G for…
We love ❤️ 10 year olds who care about savings sharks!! After giving a talk to Y6 students at ESF Renaissance College Hong Kong, young Bethany and her classmates decided to help raise awareness about sharks by creating these wonderful drawings. Thank you Bethany for caring about sharks and our planet 🌎! Good luck with…
The Hong Kong Shark Foundation 香港護鯊會 enjoyed speaking virtually at ESF Island School about ocean and shark conservation as a part of Y10’s Explorations Week! Over 90 students participated in our zoom talk about how to take action and develop skills on tackling global and local issues like shark conservation. This activity encourage students to…
Want to know what gives us HOPE at Hong Kong Shark Foundation 香港護鯊會 during this Covid pandemic? Teaching kids about the importance of sharks gives us hope! And yesterday our Executive Director Andrea Richey zoom taught 100 students ages 7-8 years old about shark conservation at the 宏信書院 ELCHK Lutheran Academy in HK and she…
Honoured to have spoken for the first time to 120 F2 local students at Madam Lau Kam Lung Secondary School Of Miu Fat Buddhist Monastery in Tun Mun New Territories. As part of their OLE, Hong Kong Shark Foundation discussed shark and ocean conservation, pollution in the food chain and why we need sharks to protect our…
Grateful to Zoom connect with 120 Y6 (10 y o) Hong Kong Shark Foundation “Shark 🦈Ambassadors” from Clearwater Bay Primary English Schools Foundation yesterday! We had a lively discussion about sharks 🦈 and talked the importance of sharks to maintain our delicate marine 🌊ecosystem 🌍and how over 100 million sharks are killed every year for…
HUGE THANK YOU to the German Swiss International School – GSIS Y7 Shark Ambassadors for helping Hong Kong Shark Foundation 香港護鯊會 to raise funds and awareness for sharks this holidayseason. 21 Year 7 girls and 1 boy helped sell HKD5587 of HKSF shark merchandise at school to raise much needed funds for our charity. Sharks…
Education is so important to our mission at Hong Kong Shark Foundation – to raise awareness about shark conservation – and having fantastic volunteers to help us achieve that goal is paramount to our success. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Special shout out to our creative and compassionate HKSF volunteer Lucy Ellis who has a full-time job as a…
Recently, a group of English Schools Foundation 英基學校協會 ESF Sha Tin College students organised ‘Ocean Week’ at their school consisting of 4 days of school activities with the aim of educating students and raising awareness about ocean and shark 🦈 conservation. ‘As climate change intensifies, the ocean will experience more and more adverse effects,’ commented student head…
Fantastic 1st time for Hong Kong Shark Foundation 香港護鯊會to teach college students at Lingnan University in Hong Kong 🇭🇰 and we were thoroughly impressed with their enthusiasm and engagement. Over 80 students attended our “Sharks In Crisis” 🦈 talk as part of Lingnan University’s “Science, Society and Sustainability Series 2021“. As educators a.k.a. farmers planting…
HKSF looks forward to Dr Sylvia Earle speaking next week at The Aquatic Life Institute’s “The 2nd Aquatic Life Conference” on November 15 at 1 pm CET (Central European Time) 8 am Hong Kong 🇭🇰 time. Our own executive director Andrea Richey will speak on Thursday, November 18 @ 8:30 pm Hong Kong 🇭🇰…
THANK YOU ❤️ to the amazing students of @thinkoceancuhk @thinkoceanhku for inviting HKSF to speak at your school’s ocean conservation organisation to raise awareness about sharks 🦈 and the ocean. HKSF so appreciates working with bright and promising youth. We are very excited and hopeful about collaboration in the future and working with these…
Super grateful to bright and compassionate students like 13 y o Kaz from Canadian International School of Hong Kong for donating their birthday money to Hong Kong Shark Foundation 香港護鯊會! Kaz came to our office to present the cheque from Twopresents and we gave him a cool shark book and a certificate of appreciation. Special…
Please support this Youth Ocean Alliance event that I am speaking at tomorrow Friday August 13 from 5 – 9 pm. In person seats are sold out but the good news is you can attend it online now. Click here!
720 primary students from ESF Quarry Bay School said NO to shark 🦈 fin soup yesterday afternoon after a very fun and informative Zoom teaching session. Special thanks to Ceri and Cerys for inviting our Executive Director Andrea Richey of 香港護鯊會to speak and for being so compassionate about the planet and sharks 🦈
Thank you to Creative Secondary School for inviting Hong Kong Shark Foundation to speak to 140 students about saving sharks and how they can give back and get involved in our popular Shark Ambassador education program. Best news is, this new school makes us speaking to almost 7000 students in 2021! Check out how…
Teaching about the importance of sharks 🦈 and planting those seeds of change at schools in Hong Kong 🇭🇰 is what drives me and fuels my passion. And today teaching over 200 bright and engaged students at a great school like Wycombe Abbey School Hong Kong makes me feel that there is HOPE for…
Education is the key to change and this week we loved teaching and planting the seeds of change at 宏信書院 Lutheran Academy. 100 students and teachers took part in our zoom teaching session on “Sharing the Planet ” which focused on the global shark fin crisis and how students can make a difference…
Kids just get it! fter giving one of our popular Hong Kong Shark Foundation shark conservation talks to several hundred students at American International School of Hong Kong, three outstanding Grade 8 students 13-4 y o – Christina, Jessica and Ken – interviewed our own Andrea Richey for their NEW “Maritime Podcast”…
Well done Year 6 students (10 y o) Maddie, Lily and Charlie who made this informative shark podcast to help raise awareness about the current plight of sharks. These exceptionally bright kids are from ESF Peak School and heard our ED Andrea Richey give a shark conservation talk at the English Schools Foundation 英基學校協會 “Agents…
Wonderful zoom talk about ocean and shark conservation with 240 15-16 y o students from TWGH MYYS Memorial College. Hong Kong Shark Foundation 香港護鯊會is looking forward to starting a shark ambassador leadership group in the school next year!
Let me say a HUGE THANKS to American International School of Hong Kongfor their kind support and commitment by students and staff to help raise awareness about shark conservation and to educate their students to say NO to shark fin soup and all products. I was honoured to be invited again to this time…
Extremely honored for Hong Kong Shark Foundation 香港護鯊會 to be chosen by experiential education experts The Hutong to be 1 of only 5 charities teaching 155 Grade 6, 7 & 8 students at Hong Kong International School this week. Our student design challenge to raise awareness about shark conservation was a fantastic success. The creativity and compassion that…
“Listen To The Kids Festival” celebrates young climate activists and builds a network to share skills and resources. Hong Kong Shark Foundation 香港護鯊會 spoke at the event so that kids could learn more about how to save sharks and get involved in the conservation movement.
Great to be back after the long Easter 🐣 break zoom teaching over 100 kids today at Malvern Primary in Hong Kong 🇭🇰 ! Wonderful enthusiasm! Thank you to the delightful Ms Sophia for setting up this opportunity for six and seven-year-olds to learn about how they can save sharks 🦈 that are…
Latest updates of HKSF’s Shark Ambassador Education Program Another milestone was reached this week in Hong Kong Shark Foundation’s mission to raise awareness about shark conservation through education. This week we zoom taught 750 primary school students from an amazing, eco-friendly and switched on school in Hong Kong called Kennedy School. The teachers at…
Pretty honoured to have our shark conservation article about the important education work we do in Hong Kong be published in the UK’s National Association for Environmental Education UK (NAEE UK) special marine issue of the journal. Full edition of the journal coming out in a few weeks, but for now here is a preview…
