A school bell rings out in Malakal.
It is the first time since 2013 that this particular bell, which signals the start of the South Sudan school certificate exams, has been heard here.
Solar lamps, and an ambulance, were part of the renovation package as UNMISS peacekeepers handed over the Jonglei Health Institute in Bor to its administrators.
Peace, reconciliation and the safe return of the displaced were all high on the wish-lists of end-of-year holiday revellers in Bor.