WHAT: Guidance on preventing child separation, interviewing separated children, and programming for their care and protection needs. Contains specific information on temporary and longer term care options.
WHO: This guidance has been written for Save the Children staff and partner organizations, but is relevant for all organizations with programs for separated children.
WHERE: Global – for emergency preparation, in an emergency, and post emergency.
WHY: Includes summary guidance on a variety of care options in an emergency including foster care, adolescent and peer group care, child headed households, institutional care, and adoption.
N.B. For guidance on the general care and protection needs of refugee children please refer to the resources:
· Refugee Children: Guidelines on Protection and Care, UNHCR, 1994
· Separated Children in Europe Programme, Statement of Good Practice, Second Edition, Save the Children Alliance and UNHCR, 2004
This document should be read in conjunction with the Interagency Guiding Principles on Unaccompanied and Separated Children, International Committee of the Red Cross, 2004 (included in this toolkit).
