The Spanish Red Cross Accompaniment project works with unaccompanied child migrants ages 16-22 years old. The project has been running for 20 years in locations across Spain. The Spanish Red Cross provides a menu of services including: supporting access to education, advocating for the rights of children with local authorities, assisting access to healthcare, Restoring Family Links, and working to build connections with local youth and communities through various cultural and recreational activities.

The Red Cross of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (CRRDC) works to reunite members of families, including children, separated or missing as part of its Restoring Family Links (RFL) interventions. The organization is actively committed to clarifying the fate of missing persons, facilitating the exchange of family messages, and reuniting separated children and families.

The Malaysian Red Crescent has developed a Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) toolkit, designed for disaster response to create safe, child-friendly spaces within temporary evacuation centers. The toolkit enables rapid establishment of supportive environments where children and families can find relief, security, and a sense of normalcy during crises. This toolkit offers structured activities and resources to reduce stress and foster resilience, addressing both mental and emotional needs.

The Rwanda Red Cross (RRC) has been actively involved in establishing and supporting Child Safe Spaces (CSS) within refugee camps across Rwanda, including Mahama, Nyabiheke, Kiziba, and Nkamira. These camps host thousands of refugees, many of whom are children facing heightened risks of exploitation, abuse, neglect, and psychosocial distress due to displacement and adverse living conditions.

As part of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent response to an influx of people crossing from Lebanon into Syria due to escalating hostilities in Lebanon, protective bracelets were provided for all children to identify them and their respective caregiver. This was to limit children becoming separated at the Jdeidet Yabous border crossing. A total of 1,750 bracelets were assigned.

The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society, in partnership with the IFRC through the Disaster Relief Emergency Fund, provided support to migrants from Rakhine State of Myanmar. This included 19 Unaccompanied and Separated Children that were supported with protection and assistance services.

South Africa Red Cross through its Daveyton Branch located in Gauteng Province, implements the Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) Drop-in Centre Programme at Etwatwa Township. This is funded by the South Africa Department of Social
Development. The programme responds to the compounded effects of HIV/AIDS, poverty, and family crises, which have left many children orphaned or highly vulnerable.

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 Baphalali Eswatini Red Cross is delivering services to children who are orphaned or in vulnerable situations through a partnership with the Lars Amundsen Family Foundation and the Japanese Red Cross Society. The services are implemented in the Hhohho and Shiselweni Regions through clinics operated by the Baphalali Eswatini Red Cross Society.

This Guidance Document is designed for anyone in a National Society who is assessing, designing, implementing, or monitoring and evaluating programming that involves UASC.

The Guidance Document is structured so that National Societies can use the sections that are most relevant to them. Some sections are relevant to all National Societies working with UASC, such as those for National Society preparedness, child safeguarding systems, actions for prevention, assessing needs, empowering and engaging UASC. Other sections like those on essential services and humanitarian diplomacy might have some parts more relevant than others depending on the context and focus each National Society is taking.