Public awareness and advocacy is one of the important aspects of SHAO services. Awareness and advocacy is an effective way to build the capacity of the communities and individuals in self-support. SHAO provides public awareness in the following sectors:

• PSEA awareness and beneficiary feedback/accountability to affected population
• Health/Hygiene, WASH and Nutrition
• Youth and adolecent involvement in decision making
• Prevention of harmful practices and enabling Social Behaviour Change (SBC), women rights, child rights
• PFA/PSS/MHPSS and referral services
• Prevention of illegal migration and support of unaccompanied children
• Protection, child protection and MRE
• Back-to-school campaigns, nutrition support
• Media advocacy
• Organizing community dialogues
• House to house visit advocacy
• Dissemination of printed advocacy material
• Capacity building of communities structures