Child-Friendly Cities Initiatives' implementing partners ANMA Integrated Development Association (AIDA), Bosco Integrated Development Society (BIDS), and DB YaR Forum organized a staff capacity-building training program from November 25 to 28. The program's objective was to strengthen and anchor the necessary competencies of the project team members toward the effective implementation of the Child-Friendly Cities Initiative in Dimapur and Shillong. An in-depth reflection and discussion on the data analysis, findings, and recommendations of the implementation of CFCI by the External Evaluators (New Delhi) was held in the BIDS office in Shillong.

Throughout capacity-building training, the participants engaged in an intense session on the importance of digital documentation, which included an inclusive session on Homelink DIGI by Father Joe Prabu. Apart from visiting various organizations and attending sessions, the project teams, according to the cities, had group discussions and presentations. These sessions focused on success stories, child-led surveys, best practices of the organizations, the theory of change, the impact of the initiatives, and the way forward after the completion of the project period in the cities.

The capacity-building program allowed the staff to reflect, share ideas, and adopt new strategies for making tomorrow child-friendly. "This program assisted us in bringing in a day where we fulfill Don Bosco's dream by turning every good child into an honest citizen with the help of the child-friendly concept," said Pratik Dhainje.