In-DepthSocietyDisplaced people turn to odd jobs to survive

On an early morning in Myanmar’s cool season, a man in his 70s makes his way down a back road, trailed by a loose pack of barking street dogs. 

He pauses to pick through a heap of refuse and collect bits of plastic and metal scraps. 

The man, along with two grandchildren, spends about four mornings a week in the same way along byways in Mandalay Region’s Patheingyi Township. He collects scraps on the days when he is not hired for day labour.