In November 2025, DROPSTONE led and facilitated an intensive five-day strategic planning engagement with SVDP in Juba, designed to strengthen the organisation’s long-term impact and institutional resilience.

The assignment mobilised DROPSTONE’s structured, field-tested methodology for participatory strategy development. Through a sequence of facilitated diagnostics, prioritisation exercises, scenario discussions, and implementation design sessions, the full staff team contributed to building a realistic and actionable five-year roadmap. The approach ensures that strategy is not produced for the organisation, but with it—creating clarity of direction, operational focus, and strong internal ownership.

By the end of the week, SVDP had:

• a shared vision for the next five years,
• clear strategic priorities and sequencing,
• defined responsibilities, and
• practical tools to monitor delivery and adapt over time.

This strengthened foundation is critical given the population SVDP serves. The organisation provides vocational training opportunities to some of the most vulnerable young people in the region, including orphans, former child soldiers, former gang members, street children, displaced youth, school dropouts, and juveniles in detention.

Through nine months of hands-on training in trades such as mechanics, welding, and masonry, participants develop employable skills that open pathways to income generation, stability, and social reintegration.

For partners and donors, robust strategy is a force multiplier. It improves resource allocation, supports measurable outcomes, and enables local teams to scale what works. The week in Juba illustrated how a rigorous and inclusive process can translate commitment on the ground into sustainable, long-term results.