Award - winning Burmese filmmakers set up films to operate free funeral services . Kyaw Thu was considered a heartthrob in the 1980s and 1990s . He formed Free Funeral Services Society after hearing the story of a woman dying in 1989 . As well as basic , if not non-existent , public services , the country is saddled with crumbling buildings , potholed roads , a patchy telecommunications network and an outdated electricity network that only services a quarter of the population of 60 million people . Society now provides funeral , medical , disaster relief and education services .
Award - winning Burmese filmmakers set up films to operate free funeral services . Kyaw Thu was considered a heartthrob in the 1980s and 1990s . He formed Free Funeral Services Society after hearing the story of a woman dying in 1989 . Society now provides funeral , medical , disaster relief and education services .