Angola is endowed with vast natural resources, but because of years of war the population is extremely poor and many basic services in health-care and education are lacking.
Production is low and many people depend on food aid or go hungry.
Things are slowly getting back to some kind of normality. The cease-fire has been in place since the end of 1994. Refugees are beginning to return to their homes and signs of rebuilding can be seen in many places. Development Aid from People to People has worked in Angola since 1986. At present, ADPP operates a total of 24 development projects in 7 provinces.