By Shelby Scarbrough, an EO DC member and president and founder of Practical Protocol.

One year ago, the world watched in horror as a gigantic wave seemed to sweep Japan away. In a moment, where people had once lived for generations, there was nothing but debris and radiation from the damaged power plants.

A few months after the devastation, when the daily news reports had abated and the world started to turn back to local issues, the Japanese people were still knee deep in destruction and the constant worry of the effects of radiation. All they knew and trusted was turned upside down.