nanami is one of the school's two sixth graders.>translator: i want to ask survivors how they're doing these days. >> after two and a half hour bus ride, the 30 children arrived at a temporary housing for survivors in higashi city. keiko kikkuchi is a survivor. she lived in this district of the city. about 460 people or one-ninth of the district population were killed in the tsunami after the march earthquake. kikuchi lives in temporary housing with her husband and their two children. their home was washed away. she believes telling her story is her mission as a survivor. >> translator: i accepted the offer because i wanted to show the children what i am doing and how survivors are bouncing back. i went outside without putting my shoes on. i was praying through that strong and long earthquake saying please, stop soon. >> reporter: the children headed for the devastated district. nanami took pictures of a window. >> translator: i'm surprised because the amount of debris was greater than what i saw in newspapers and on tv, what i had