interrupting the bday celebrations to say st. vincent's volcano la soufriere on their largest island chain just erupted and the smoke rose to 10km in the air, and ash is falling heavily.
st. vincent is a very small island in the caribbean - much smaller than that of my own country and my country is like a dot on the world map - of only 100k+ citizens and at least 7,000 people were told to evacuate. this is the first eruption since 1979. st. vincent is a predominantly black country, and as of now i haven't seen any petitions as yet from the people. all i can do is hope that we can boost this and send them our love and support.
(bonus video showing how high the smoke is in the air)
(credit to Jamaican Observer on twitter)
please pray for the caribbean folks. while this volcano is specifically affecting st vincent, st lucia (my island) and barbados are both on the look out for volcanic ash fallout, which isnt great during a pandemic, especially since our population will be under vaccinated for a while. i'm on the look out for any funds to help our neighbours to the south.
here is a link to a document compiling donation instructions internationally
this list will be updated as time goes on, and has instructions on how to donate money in USD, GBP, EUR, CAD and XCD, as well as how to donate items from NYC and Toronto
