Palabek, Uganda - December 2021 - For 3 years now, the Don Bosco Vocational Center in the Palabek refugee camp offers courses in mechanics, sewing, construction, agriculture, hairdressing, and solar energy. The center has become a true oasis for Palabek's 59,000 refugees and 11,000 Ugandans from the northern region. A place where young people also nurture themselves to deep human and Christian values. In recent years, the center has trained more than 600 young people, most of them refugees who have returned to South Sudan with the certainty that they can now contribute to the establishment of a definitive peace in the country. These days, the Salesians are initiating the new batch the next course and to their great surprise, many people have gathered in front of the center. Fr Ubaldino Andrade, Rector of the Salesian Community of Palabek, said: "This fact testifies that the young people of the refugee camp are hungry for an education that allows them to offer their families a better quality of life and to contribute to the reconstruction of their country."