In advocacy, CSI gives due attention to influencing policy and practice to help engage the government, community level structures as well as the international community to draw attention towards an issue that needs to be addressed in the country. Advocacy raises awareness about an issue within the community which can be a disease prevalence, food shortage/hunger strikes, conflict, an area of development like provision of clean water points in an area where water borne diseases are prevalent. CSI will use advocacy as tool to changing community beliefs and to support the work of peace and reconciliation among communities. CSI will also engage different levels of community and the government for the respect of child rights and women. It will work in collaboration with communities and other stakeholders to ensure that children are not used in conflicts as soldiers. CSI will identify target location in which it will partner with South Sudan DDR Commission, UNMISS and other International agencies, to release and demobilize child soldiers. CSI work closely and deeply with local communities to gather information on use of child soldiers and engage the government, UN and other international organizations to take actions. Communities will also be sensitized through awareness programs to avoid child abuse and take responsibility to enroll their children in schools. It will offer counselling to children who are abused either by their own parents or those they are dependents and will work through church leaders to offer reconciliatory, counselling and trauma healing programs to families in which such challenges are identified in communities. CSI will play its role in terms of engagement and advocacy against social and gender based violence. The organization work closely with various armed forces to carryout sensitization and training to encourage professionalism and respect of women and girls during times of conflict. CSI helps victims of gender-based violence to achieve personal-level reconciliation and healing though counselling programs and also facilitate the process of seeking justice. Where necessary the organization also undertake action research to support advocacy initiatives. The organization developed and strengthen good and strategic working relations with research and higher learning institutions both to influence research agenda and to keep abreast of relevant research findings for advocacy. CSI documents strategic evidences and success stories to support policy engagement and advocacy work.
CSI developed and strengthened good working relations with journalist and diverse media houses to enhance its advocacy work.