Fei Lai/Shanghai Daily news

Shanghai social workers are helping survivors of the Sichuan earthquake put their lives together in a place called "Thrifty House," the biggest temporary housing site in Dujiangyan and now home to more than 11,000 people.

The team of 10 social workers led by professors from Shanghai's East China University of Science and Technology are working in Dujiangyan, one of the worst-hit cities in the May 12 quake.