The Developmental Center provides stable, safe, and inclusive support for children in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, with a special focus on Ukrainian refugee families and children with disabilities or special educational needs. The programme offered individually tailored developmental activities, structured play sessions, thematic workshops, sensory and physical exercise programmes, as well as parental guidance and community engagement opportunities. The programme was implemented in Nyíregyháza, initially in a temporary location and later in a permanent, purpose-equipped center that ensured child safety, accessibility, and a welcoming environment.

The Tonga Red Cross Ofa Tui Amanaki Centre supports children and young adults with a range of disabilities (physical, intellectual, sensory) by providing a specially designed school environment, daily living skills training, transport and access support, home outreach, recreation/inclusion activities, and for older learners also vocational training. The Ofa Tui Amanaki Centre remains one of the key specialized services for children with disabilities in Tonga.

Kenya Red Cross and CBM Global: How a decade of relationship building and capacity strengthening led to more systematic OPD participation in humanitarian response

As part of the Pakistan Red Crescent response to the return of Afghan migrants from Pakistan to Afghanistan, programing has been established for children and adults in vulnerable situations. The main features of the program implemented by PRCS for Afghan returnees include the establishment of Humanitarian Services Point (HSP) in Torkham Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a medical care facility at Chaman in Baluchistan province, and provision of essential services such as health care, safe drinking water, and gender-sensitive sanitation facilities targeting 60,000 people under an IFRC supported operation. The program integrates Protection, Gender, and Inclusion (PGI) and Community Engagement and Accountability to ensure the dignity, safety, and participation of diverse groups including children, women, the elderly, and persons with disabilities.

The PPP, funded by DG ECHO and implemented with IFRC, has provided a unique institutional framework for strengthening PGI and safeguarding in National Societies worldwide. ECHO’s support enabled not only the mainstreaming of PGI principles—ensuring dignity, access, participation, and safety are embedded in all programmes and services—but also the delivery of specialised protection activities where capacity and context allowed. This dual approach was anchored in the IFRC PGI Policy and reinforced by the addition of a global results indicator, driving accountability and continuous improvement.
The examples in this report demonstrate how National Societies have:

Systematically mainstreamed PGI and safeguarding across five technical pillars (Disaster Risk Management, Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness, People on the Move, Cash and Voucher Assistance, and Risk Communication & Community Engagement).
Used practical tools like the PGI Scorecard, targeted training, and peer learning to adapt approaches to local realities.
Delivered specialised interventions—such as support for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence, child protection case management, and disability inclusion—always guided by the “do no harm” principle.

These achievements were made possible by ECHO’s flexible funding and the technical support of IFRC’s global and regional teams, which fostered innovation, peer exchange, and capacity building. The lessons learned and systems built through this partnership are helping to sustain and expand PGI integration, ensuring that protection, gender equality, and inclusion remain at the heart of humanitarian response.