Two months later , on May 14 , Asama and some of his colleagues began what would become known as the Egao Project -- or `` Smile '' Project in English -- traveling to the worst-hit areas of Japan to pamper the tsunami survivors who had been left to live in temporary evacuation shelters . Japanese NGO seeks to bring small moments of joy to survivors of 2011 tsunami . Volunteers visit shelters , entertain those who lost their homes in the disaster . Score: 6 Three years after the disaster , more than 200,000 people in the region still live in shelters .
Japanese NGO seeks to bring small moments of joy to survivors of 2011 tsunami . Volunteers visit shelters , entertain those who lost their homes in the disaster . Score: 6 Three years after the disaster , more than 200,000 people in the region still live in shelters .