On September 19th, the volcano on the island “La Palma” (Canaries – Spain), started erupting and causing around itself numerous earthquakes continuing to this day, throwing gases and ash into the air and emitting a large amount of lava that, once solidified, creates rocky structures that are modifying the landscape and, reaching the sea, forms new islands in this archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean, belonging to Spain.
Thanks to God, until now, the eruption has not caused victims but the damage suffered in the island’s agriculture (banana trees, vineyards, avocados and other crops), the air salubrity that is increasingly becoming toxic, is incalculable as well as the suffering of the inhabitants of this wonderful land that, although they have promptly executed the evacuation order, have lost their homes, their memories … and their work activities that have been seriously affected as well as the infrastructures.
Once again, a natural calamity, this time not produced by environmental pollution, is affecting the lives of many people and leads man to wonder at the uncontrollable forces of nature and to question about the meaning of existence that suddenly may change et obliges us to a new organization of our life and future.
On the other hand, the solidarity movement generated around the emergency situation is worth to be mentioned. Not only the Government of the Nation and the Canarian community, but also several associations and groups of anonymous citizens from different parts of the country or foreigner, have spontaneously organized themselves and joined to collect funds, send them to the victims and to think about the reconstruction of everything devastated by the volcano. Truly, human suffering and weakness are privileged spaces to move man to solidarity, to let come out the best of people’s hearts and to create bonds of brotherhood.