can you please help me with this work sheet that i have to do for geography? i have tried to do it myself but if you could help me by telling me what to take, the quantity i should take and how many units it would be that would be excellent.
it is february 1998 and only a third of the original residents still live on Montserrat. the exclusive zone has spread over almost all the island and the people who remain have been evacuated to its relativiely unscathed northern tip (safe zone). about 700 families are living there with only basic facilities and poor accomadation.
task – you work for the british government. it is helping to fund relief work and supplies. you have 8000 units of government aid available and must decide what to provide to help the population over the next two years.
item & units
tent 4
water purifiers (2 households) 1
medicines (total) 100
hospital operating theatre 50
montserrat library relocation 200
loans for new businessess 5 – 50
ash-clearing equipment 25
small vehicle 35
school text books (100 students) 15
hospital maternity unit (5 beds) 25
facillities for community centre 5
playground 20
electricity generator 30
small hotel development 100
fertilizer (per farm) 2
visitor centre for volcano interpretation 6
pedal bike 2
seed (per farm) 2
school stationary (100 studants) 5
computer linked to internet 12
second hand truck 60
basic housing (per family) 30
emergency relief food (total) 400
stand alone computer 10
tree seedlings (100) 4
community centre building 60
telephone equipment (total) 10
portacabin 50
CB radios (pair) 2
loan of RAF helicopters (2 years) 600
funding for UK university research on island 200
funding for adult retraining 30
tractor 80
boxes of toys for young kids (5 families) 1
contribution towards seismographic equipment 100
livestock (per farm) 8
intensive care unit (5 beds) 70
funding of advertising of island as holiday destination 150
hospital bed 2
polytunnel 4
thanks in advance for your answers!
This is clearly a problem that is supposed to make YOU think.
Here's a hint–imagine yourself there. You are the agent they send to Montserrat. You have taken nothing with you. The most injured or hungry person must be cared for. What do you need to help them? Put that on your list. Then see who is next.