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The Indian couple caring for kids after the 2004 tsunami
On December 26 2004, a huge earthquake triggered a tsunami which swept away entire communities around the Indian Ocean.
Choodamani and Karibeeran Paramesvaran's children all died during the disaster. Their daughters Rakshanya and Karuyna, 12 and nine, and their five-year-old son Kirubasan.
In the depths of their grief, the couple who live in Tamil Nadu, India, opened an orphanage called Nambikkai, meaning Hands of Hope. They tell Reena Stanton-Sharma how they've welcomed 42 children into their home since then.
(Pic: Karibeeran and Choodamani outside Nambikkai, Credit: Reuters)
