The Chairman and Board of Directors of the Turks and Caicos National Trust are pleased to welcome Mrs. Winema Sanders-Penn as the new Executive Director of the Turks & Caicos National Trust, effective 3rd June 2019. Mrs. Sanders-Penn, who is native – born on the island of Grand Turk, was an intern at the National Trust […]
The Turks and Caicos National Trust through its “Power of Partnership” initiative launched since 2014, highlighted the concept as one of its key programme strategies for the immediate past institutional year, and has seen fit to continue with the concept in achieving goals in the current year. Building on achievements accomplished last year, and focusing […]
The Turks and Caicos National Trust is celebrating World Biodiversity Day 2019, and will showcase Turks and Caicos Biodiversity through Art. The art exhibition will be held at the Salt Mills Plaza on May 22nd, 2019 which is International Biodiversity Day.
‘Preserving Traditional Skills with a Flair of Modernization’ was the theme of a local craft workshop hosted by the Turks and Caicos National Trust March 29th, continued on April 1st, 2019. Artisans of the twin Isles Middle and North Caicos were presented with an opportunity to showcase their skills in utilizing bits of fabric (scraps) […]
TCNT welcomed students from schools from North and Middle Caicos to Little Water Cay (Iguana Island) for a day of fun, and educational activities. These students ranging from age 8-18 engaged in activities purposed at teaching them about our endemic ‘Rock Iguana’ as part of our ongoing Darwin+ funded ‘Saving the Iguana Islands of the […]
Local conservation management agencies, the Turks and Caicos National Trust (TCNT) and the Department of Environment and Coastal Resources (DECR), will be spearheading activities under the theme ‘Wetlands and Climate Change’. A very significant highlight for wetlands conservation this year is the launch of a very prestigious project that will focus on wetlands in Providenciales. […]
Twin Islands North and Middle Caicos are teeming with wetlands and wildlife; a fitting place to celebrate World Wetlands Day, activities of which were observed on February 1st & 2nd, 2019. The two-day observance included school talk and field study which involved Primary and High School students, along with community volunteers, staff of the Turks & […]
The Turks and Caicos Islands on February 2nd, 2019, will join the rest of the world in commemorating World Wetlands Day. Local conservation management agencies, the Turks and Caicos National Trust (TCNT) and the Department of Environment and Coastal Resources (DECR), will be spearheading activities under the theme ‘Wetlands and Climate Change’ (we invite the […]
The Turks & Caicos National Trust exist to safeguard the cultural, historical and natural heritage of the Turks and Caicos Islands. This mission is accomplished through the design and implementation of projects and programmes, involvement of the public and support of partners. Two critical 3-year projects, in which the National Trust partners with government agencies, […]
For the period April to September 2018, the Turks & Caicos National Trust has had an intense period of activity that drove and managed improvements across all areas of the organization. Managing heritage sites and public engagement efforts have shown significant results which benefit the organization and the country at large. A strengthened awareness of […]