On the western outskirts of the city of Mandalay, in Myanmar, not far from the Irrawaddy River, the residents of Sein Pann street gather in a school courtyard, which is located in undertras under improvised awnings. Kyaw, 27, lived in a house located about a hundred meters away, but his ground floor was crushed by the floor above. Several people needed to get her grandmother out of the remains, and she has since taken care of an aunt’s house. It had dragged under the boards on the floor. Milaculously, no one had been seriously injured. Others were less fortunate: two people had died in a neighboring house, which was reduced to a pile of debris. “People could only trust themselves, they all lent a hand to help,” said the young man, who, before the earthquake, earned a living when he was selling Jade online again, the main market to trade in the beautiful stone was a very close neighborhood.
Ten days after the earthquake of March 28, the time had come to clear the debris, classify objects, clean and, or of course, people had to meet their immediate needs. Hiss’s parents and neighbors shared a meal, served in polystyrene trays. Nothing was really missing at this stage, the characteristics have sent donations, but for how long? As special, so many houses were now unusable, and has a widespread bone, or simply too exensive, to find a place to rent. “We have to save to rebuild,” said Kyaw (who, like all the people cited in this article, is not cited by his real name). None of the houses was assured.
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