1. Devon Schools
Fairtrade Conference 2019

2. Can you locate the 3 counties of Somerset,
Devon
and
Cornwall
. . . and point to where your school is?

3. Can you find the equator, the UK,
North and South America
and the Caribbean?
Which direction is
the Caribbean from the UK?

4. Can you find 20 countries and islands?
USA
Can you point to the Caribbean islands and North, South and Central America ?
Belize
El Salvador N
Windward Islands
Suriname
Brazil
Can you find 20 countries and islands?

5. Can you find out which of these countries and islands grow bananas?
USA
Can you find St Vincent and the Grenadines?
They are in the Windward Islands
Mexico
Windward Islands
Here’s a close-up showing the names of the Windward islands
Can you find out which of these countries and islands grow bananas?

6. What types of images are these? What, and where, is the capital?
La Soufrière volcano
La Soufrière volcano
What, and where, is the capital?
Do you recognise any of these names?
Which countries settled in St Vincent?
How do you know?

7. Geographical facts about St Vincent
St Vincent is the main island with a chain of small islands,
but only 9 are inhabited
St Vincent is 26km (16m) long, 15km (9.3m) wide,
The island is 344 sq km (133 sq miles)
(Devon is 6707 sq km (2590 sq miles))
St Vincent lies in what is know as ‘Hurricane Alley’
The population is about 109,643 people
The population density is high, over 300 inhabitants / sq. kilometre
( It is 177 in Devon, mostly in S, SE and NW)
The capital and main port is Kingstown
St Vincent is volcanic, with little flat land; W (windward) side is
very rocky, E (leeward) side has sandy beaches and bays
La Soufrière volcano is the highest peak 1234 metres
It last erupted in 1979

8. Economic facts about St Vincent Key employment Language
Agriculture is dominated by banana production
The services sector is based mostly on a growing tourist industry
The government has been relatively unsuccessful
in introducing new industries
The unemployment rate is high, 19.8% in 1991, 15% in 2001
Key employment
Banana growing
Tourism – filming of ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ on the island has encouraged tourists to visit
Language
Mother tongue is Vincentian Creole, English is the official language

9. What is this?

10. Volcanic Disaster
La Soufrière volcano erupted in 1812.
It erupted again in April Although no one was killed, thousands were evacuated and there was extensive agricultural damage.

11. Weather in St Vincent Average temperature in the capital, Kingstown
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Min (°C)
Max (°C)
Average rainfall / precipitation in Kingstown
Can you plot this
data in graphs?
Total for
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Prec.(mm)
Days
The rains occur throughout the year especially as downpours or thunderstorms, often intense, but not lasting long, so they do not reduce the sunshine hours too much. Sometimes there may be a more intense wave of bad weather.
Hours of sunshine in Kingstown
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Hours
Hurricanes June - November, mostly August – October

12. Venezuela
St Vincent is in ‘Hurricane Alley. This is a satellite of a hurricane in the Caribbean. It shows the clouds swirling round. The very strong winds cause immense damage on the land below.

13. The hurricane seasons were also particularly active in 1998 and 1999.
Disasters
In 1980 and 1987 hurricanes damaged many banana and coconut plantations.
The hurricane seasons were also particularly active in 1998 and 1999.
Hurricane Lenny in 1998 caused extensive damage to the west coast of the island.
Black Sigatoka disease, that affects bananas, is a present day disaster.

14. Climate of St Vincent
: Tropical, hot and humid all the year round, with 2 seasons:
Season 1 January – mid-April: relatively cool and dry
Season 2 June – December: hot, humid and rainy
(called the rainy season)
In season NE trade winds, typical of tropical climates, blow
steadily with moderate intensity
Between 1 & 2 - mid-April-late May, temperature and frequency of downpours increase
In season winds more irregular, with some breaks

15. This is Kingstown, the St Vincent capital.
Would you like to live there? Why or why not?

16. This is Kingstown
How many similarities can you find with the location of your school is?

17. An oblique aerial view of Kingstown. What can you identify?

18. Did you know bananas grow like this?

19. Are these all bananas, or some other fruit?
What do you think?

20. Enjoy the conference and learn a lot about Fairtrade, bananas and St Vincent

21. You might find these videos useful: Nick Hewer about bananas on
watch?v=wpGMeQXyr5w
Nick Hewer about bananas on
neighbouring St Lucia
watch?v=B0-FwIOiAX8
About Hurricanes
on St Vincent

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