Refugee Crisis Worsens for Angolan Children
ASIEH NAMDAR, CNN ANCHOR: U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan says he'll nominate successor to head the U.N. Commission for Refugees sometimes this month. The current chief, Dodako Ogata (ph) of Japan is retiring in December. She leaves behind an agency responsible for more than 30 million refugees in Europe, Asia and Africa. Among them, tens of thousands of Angolans who have fled to neighboring Zambia to escape civil war. Zambia's ZNBC takes us to a refugee camp west of Lusaka, where some 11,000 Angolans are seeking cover.</s>HENRY NGILAZI, ZNBC (voice-over): In over two decades, civil war in neighboring Angola has continued to haunt the citizens for that mineral-rich country. The war between the Angolan government troops and the UNITA rebel forces has ravaged this central African nation, making the entire international community lose hope of its coming to an end. But as the fighting continues, human movement has not been restricted to that country alone. Thousands of people have been displaced and are seeking refugee status in neighboring countries such as Zambia. A new camp, mostly looking after the distressed children, has been opened up in the western part of Zambia. But the Nangwesh Shichambamborg (ph) refugee camp has its own numerous problems. The camp cannot be easy to reach because of poor roads, infrastructure. The thousand of the children have been put into classes to continue their education, but the learning environment is not ideal, as they attend lessons in the open air. For now, the trees are providing the much needed shades. But one wonders what will happen when the rainy season begins.</s>CHRISTINA NORTHEY, PROJECT COORDINATOR: We've registered over 3,000 primary-age basic schoolchildren. We have five community schools that operate, and we have one secondary school. We're about to start community school No. 6 in response to the latest influx of arrivals. Some of the refugees with basic education have been hand picked as teachers to look into the educational needs of the children. But them, too, are not happy because they lack teaching aids. For the children, not all hope is lost, as they know that one day they will retain and contribute to the development of their motherland. Angola. But for now, the