Decisions in Paradise

Decisions in Paradise III: Kava

Eugenia Wallace

University of Phoenix

Critical Thinking: Strategies in Decision Making MGT/350

Mr. Raymond C. Coleman

October 9, 2007

The island country of Kava was once a lavish and impeccable island to visit and to live on. But with the recent island threats of disasters, diseases, and poverty, that which once was, was no more. But in the midst of all the adversity on the island, the Help Out Credit Union saw an advantage.

The goal of the credit union was to establish a greater presence on the island and to help replenish it. But identifying the problem is just the first step. With tornadoes, hurricanes, HIV, and AIDS, it would prove the establishment process to be very difficult. Tourists wouldn’t want to travel to a place where there was a possibility that they could be harmed due to a storm or catch an infection from and island resident. Builders needed proper funding in order to build. The island needed storm shelters, meteorologists, medical doctors, farmers, drivers, hotel and restaurant managers, and tour guides. All of which required funding.

The island stays filthy and unable to grow, prosper, and replenish itself, because the residents are never prepared for a disaster to strike. The members of the credit union saw that. They saw how helpless the residents of the island were. They were hit by storms left and right. They had diseases and didn’t know how they got them or how to protect themselves from those diseases. Families forced onto streets with no place to go. No food supply or clean water. No place to receive medical attention and no one to provide it. The islanders could not understand nor could they cope with their current situation.

With the credit union deciding to establish their ground and begin to give out loans to businessmen and builders, and trying to get those doctors and hotel managers on the island, they would be making their mark on the island and helping the residents rebuild not only the island, but themselves.

And so the credit union did. They gave the builders the loans they needed to get the supplies and helped build those shelters and granted personal loans to the island residents to help give them a fresh start. They contacted doctors in the states to see if any would be willing to travel to Kava to teach the islanders how to protect themselves from catching diseases. The doctors would be able to receive