Another pivotal moment came in 2007 when we began developing and adopting the Child-Friendly Communities (CFC) approach, a human rights-based programming framework for children at the local level. We deeply understood the essential components for delivering effective services and turned our attention to the ‘how.’ Our goal was to facilitate a cultural and professional transformation, ensuring that families and communities asserted their right to demand high-quality services from the government as active citizens. This emphasis on methodology became central to CINI's mission, driving us to engage in extensive field experimentation while working to make existing institutions more child-friendly.

Health and nutrition SD 1 Promoting maternal, new-born, child and sexual & reproductive health rights (SRHR) for a continuum of care for prevention of maternal and child morbidity, mortality, malnutrition SD 2 Promoting adolescent rights and empowerment to nutrition and health including reproductive and sexual health and development SD 3 Addressing evolving concern for non-communicable diseases (obesity, pre-diabetes, and hyper-tension) and communicable diseases (tuberculosis, post COVID and HIV linked with sexual reproductive health (SRH)) among mothers, children and adolescents in the communities, especially the vulnerable