Instead, it is covered with grass huts, which are the emergency homes of 28 thousand people. These 28 thousand would rather be at home, in villages throughout northern Angola. Some of these people have lived in the camps for years. Some families tried to go home, but have been forced to return to the camps. In the Boa Esperansa Displaced Persons Camp, survival depends on the arrival of supplies from aid organizations.
Medical supplies are scarce.
The residents sometimes bury ten of their children in a day. Many of those children die from what we consider preventable or curable diseases. The camp would seem to be a place of despair. It was the music of faith. It was the music of hope.