On March 11, 2011, off the eastern coast of Japan, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck sending tsunami waves of up to 30 meters roaring right over the top of Japan's seawalls, leaving devastation, debris and death in its wake.
A number of images were taken from a helicopter, giving a greater understanding of the extent of the damage around the Yamada Bay.
Four months later, Hanna Project sent out a disaster team to assist with ongoing disaster recovery efforts. This...
more »On March 11, 2011, off the eastern coast of Japan, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck sending tsunami waves of up to 30 meters roaring right over the top of Japan's seawalls, leaving devastation, debris and death in its wake.
A number of images were taken from a helicopter, giving a greater understanding of the extent of the damage around the Yamada Bay.
Four months later, Hanna Project sent out a disaster team to assist with ongoing disaster recovery efforts. This team drove down the still-decimated coastline, finally arriving at the fishing town of Yamada in the Miyagi prefecture. They stayed at the local recovery headquarters, housed at the Yamada Community Center, where they and the other workers from all over Japan were greeted daily with the center's walls covered with posters, origami, photos, and letters of encouragement for all those working on recovery efforts.
The team participated in four different kinds of work while in Yamada: debris removal from homes (of which only the concrete foundations remained for most); repair work at a local preschool; salvaging photos recovered in the debris; and distributing food, clothing, shoes and toys at a refugee center in Yamada.
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