Since "considering OVC" in projects tends to be an ex-ante measure, the target group for interventions tends to be broad because it contains at-risk children. On the other hand, interventions tend to be relatively simple and cheap on a per capita basis. Below are some examples.

• Develop language to be included in the loan agreement and the project's operational manual. For example, "Contractors paid out of the loan proceeds may not hire workers under 15 years of age." However, you will need to make sure that any operational procedures you propose can realistically be enforced. In the above example, this will require spelling out how you expect contractors to verify a worker's age in a fair and transparent way, adapted to the local context.
• Include training awareness raising with different stakeholders. For instance, workers employed by the project could be sensitized with regards to the rights of street children or the use of underage prostitutes. Project workers or worker leaders can also be communicators: they can be trained to raise awareness of the risk of accidents related to electrical installations, traffic, construction chemicals, etc.
• Provide information and communication campaigns for children in the project areas. Campaigns can be organized in collaboration with local schools, on market days for working children coming in from neighboring villages, or in car stations where other working children typically gather. Use your creativity: drawing contests, learning songs, or making children's theater on topics related to the awareness campaign are only some options that can help the message to become internalized.
• Take advantage of the skilled personnel and equipment of the project to provide extra services to benefit OVC. For example, a road project in Sierra Leone used its heavy equipment to build a soccer field in the vicinity of transition centers for child soldiers.
• Involve older OVC directly in project activities. Former child soldiers and older street children can be employed by the project, provided that 12-14 year olds do not work more than 4 hours a day, and that those over 14 are never exposed to hazardous labor situations. This type of labor experience can help out-of-school, older OVC with their reintegration in society, and provide them with much needed income.