The only health unit stationed at Langa is poorly equipped. It lacks both qualified staff and drugs. Mr. Cirilo Abia, a staff at the health unit reported that the unit is not enough to serve the whole population and last received drugs in 1994. There are also problems with schools. The existing primary and junior schools are very distant and poorly equipped.
Pupils have to cover several miles to reach the schools and they study under trees.
Many have failed to cope with the situation and have instead opted to return to Sudan to join the army. The women who form the majority of the refugee population engage in subsistence activities for survival. They engage in petty trade by the roadsides and fetching water which they sell. They cover several miles on foot to the forests and in many instances are disturbed by men who sexually assault them. Many of these women are widows who have lost their husbands due to the civil war in Sudan.