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U Hla Tin (68) is paralysed from the left side of the body. As the cylone nargis hit, the first thing he could think of was his ailing wife. His wife, Daw Sein (60) is ill and with no options left, U Hla Tin carried her on his back and brought her to the shopping complex. Mr. Tin hasn't been back to see his hut but doesn't believe his neighbours when they say that his hut is all destroyed during the cyclone Nargis. Here he poses with his ill wife, Daw Sein...Refugees from the 7th ward, Hlaing Thayar township take shelter in the Swethanlwin building shopping complex which is under construction and has acted as a small refugee centre outside of capital Yangoon, Myanmar.