**14. Common vision, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats— SWOT analysis**

To design a strategy enhancing the sustainable learning environments that would promote employability among the youth as intended in this study, we invited them in their two teams at their respective sites to jointly formulate the common vision that would guide our action plans and the rolling out of its activities [29]. The youth present were divided into seven groups of ten members, accordingly. Each group brainstormed on what their dreams for the future were which they wanted to resuscitate after they were frustrated, resulting in their unemployment. These constituted the vision which we wanted to juxtapose on the research question which, as explained, was also based on our earlier interpretation of their aspirations [28]. The groups were to also continue reflecting on what each and collectively were their strengths towards achieving the identified visions (dreams), what weaknesses they had that would make them not to succeed, but which they had to resolve and attend to. They also had to brainstorm on the opportunities that still exist for them to realise their visions. Collectively they ere also to anticipate what could be plausible and possible threats on their journey towards realising their visions. Giving the constraints of time in real life situations, they were to consider all and identify what they could regard as the priorities that we should pursue through this project for a period of a year or two. In reporting on the vision and the SWOT analysis including identification of priorities in this chapter we brought together ideas from all groups at all sites because they were almost similar, and they resonated well with one another.
