Samvada has two broad areas of work, communications and Advocacy. In both the areas, we are engaged in enhancing the capacities of children to be effective communicators and advocates in order to influence practice and policy. We facilitate children to create and develop a range of communication tools and also to use the existing mainstream media to gain public support to their concerns. In advocacy, our emphasis is on meaningful participation of children’s organisations and adult organisations in decision-making forums - from the local to the international level. This includes processes such as district level planning, the State Plan of Action and the hearings of the Committee on the Rights of the Child.