With the establishment of Bonga, for the first time in several years, the displaced people had regular food supplies.  Grain, and a few other items, were provided more or less at monthly intervals and shared out equitably through a committee structure and a system of ration cards.  Basic clothing supplies were also provided from time to time. 

They were allocated very small domestic plots where they grew a few extras, but also found unofficial (and illegal) ways of planting further crops at a discreet distance from the settlement.