COU-TEDDO uses an inclusive rights-based approach to implementation of all her programs. It utilizes her unique identity as a church department to implement cost effective and sustainable projects with the church being a launch pad for community mobilization and follow up. Because of this unique mix, the office has built a considerable expertise in the following approaches across the various themes; SASA Faith!, Farmer Field Schools, Farmer Business Schools, Village Savings and  Loans Associations and Gender Action Learning Systems (GALS), Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction and integrated risk management as integral approaches for building resilience to climate change, integration of Community Led Total Sanitation and Cluster Approaches for sustainable and equitable access to sanitation services.
For COU-TEDDO, the integration of advocacy in all projects helps trigger active citizenship that creates demand for quality services and elicits participation of all categories of people.