Shards of Hope-jewelry from the pottery shards found in the tsunami’s aftermath.
Many lives were shattered when the tsunami hit Japan’s eastern coast in 2011, leaving not only immediate tragedy but lasting environmental impacts around Fukushima’s destroyed nuclear reactor.
Striving to find life after the wreckage is the Nozomi Project, a social enterprise that trains affected women and grandmothers in the making of beautiful jewelry from the pottery shards found in the tsunami’s aftermath.