Jiro Ose

India: After the Tsunami

Elderly fisherman looks out to the calm Indian Ocean in the morning of one month anniversary of the Tsunami disaster in Nagapattinam, India. Nagapattinam was the hardest hit area in India. Over 6,000 are confirmed dead in the area. Many fishermen are still worried that Tsunami will hit them again soon.
  
Fisherman slowly make their way on his boat put together with broken ship in the harbor.
   
A boy plays cricket with a piece of broken ship in the afternoon.
     
  
An elderly woman morns for her family members at where her house used to stand in the morning.
   
Mementos of deceased family members inside a make-shift shrine built at the site where their house used to stand.
   
A fisherman sleeps midst of debris in the morning of one month anniversary of the Tsunami disaster in Nagapattinam, India.
     
  
A man takes a bucket bath at his home which was destroyed by Tsunami.
   
Goats roam what's used to be a fishing village in Nagapattinam, India.
   
Concrete facade are the only structures remain standing in the afternoon of one month anniversary of the Tsunami disaster.
     
  
A poster of missing family members are posted at a public school on the hill. Over 6,000 are confirmed dead and many are missing in the area.
   
Orphan girl watches a regular class from the distance. All the orphaned children are put in the class they call counseling for orphaned children.
   
Slow and painful process of rebuilidng, pieace by piece, by hand.
     
  
A lone fisherman gets ready to set out to the sea in the morning with his canoe patched together from broken woods.
   
A fisherman navigate his way through a maze of destroyed boats.
   
A woman water a newly planted trees on the sand where her fishing village used to stand.