March 04 — “You will never know … [anything],” her mother screamed at her. “Don’t nobody want you; don’t nobody need you.” Claireece (Precious) stood still and took the abuse from her mother; it was nothing new.

February 25 — Chit Htwe clung to tangled thorn bushes as he watched Cyclone Nargis wash away his house. Seventy-eight out of his village’s 150 people died — including his mother and father, leaving him without any close relatives.