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"My mother asked me to take these and run as fast as I could to my uncle's house" says 13 year old Si Thu Aung as he refers to the pot and the fire stove that he holds to pose for a photograph. "I wanted my toy, but my mother insisted on these, now I know why..." adds Si Thu with no regrets but a huge smile as he thinks of the meal that awaits him...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.
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Sanjit Das
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Myanmar : Nagris Cyclone
"My mother asked me to take these and run as fast as I could to my uncle's house" says 13 year old Si Thu Aung as he refers to the pot and the fire stove that he holds to pose for a photograph. "I wanted my toy, but my mother insisted on these, now I know why..." adds Si Thu with no regrets but a huge smile as he thinks of the meal that awaits him...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.