Newsletter 2020

Retirees at Large
visit Wildfowl
Trust
Relaxing on benches at the end of our boardwalk, overlooking the
Trust’s Main Breeding Lake.
Observing the water-resistant texture of
the Lotus Lily leaf, this is similar to
Dasheen Bush Leaf.
Retirees at large is a group comprised of several retirees, ladies and gentlemen, from the University of the West
Indies (UWI) , Hugh Wooding Law School, St Augustine, and from different walks of life. The retirees visited the
Point- a – Pierre Wild Fowl Trust to enjoy the peace and beauty of the area. The very enthusiastic members were
impressed and very interested in the trust’s environmental education programmes which also include the tasting of
local fruits and flowers found at the nature reserve and the discussions and exchange of information about their
different medicinal and health values. The retirees also enjoyed the view of the trust’s, main breeding lake at the end
of the new boardwalk for the differently-abled was commissioned by the President Paula- Mae Weeks who is the
patron of the trust. In a media release the Wildfowl Trust said it gives everyone- the young, the mature and the
differently- abled- a chance to experience the joy and healing power that nature brings.
Petrea Place Guest House, Nature
Retreat and Freebird Restaurant,
Wildfowl Trust. P-a-P
Visit of Her Excellency Paula- Mae
Weekes, President of the Republic
of Trinidad and Tobago to the P-a-P
Wildfowl Trust
Petrea Place is a unique facility, a full service guest house
and restaurant that makes our guests and visitors feel at
home and comfortable while offering quiet and harmonious
surroundings conducive to complete relaxation.
At the moment, due to Covid 19, indoor dinning is closed,
however, Delivery and Pick- Up is available of menus varied
weekly.
The President of the Republic of Trinidad and
Tobago, H.E. Paula-Mae Weekes visited the Trust.
As the Honorary Patron of the Pointe-a-Pierre
Wildfowl Trust, H.E. observed first- hand the
implementation of some of the Trust’s hands-on
programmes gaining information on the many
aspects of the Trust’s wide portfolio of
Environmental and Public Awareness work with
students, teachers, Brownies, Guides, Scouts,
Community Organizations and the differentlyabled.
H.E. was also pleased to receive in-depth
information on the Trust’s breeding and release
programmes of Trinidad and Tobago’s endangered
wetland waterfowl and other birds like our National
bird, the Scarlet Ibis.
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