Save the Children campaigns to start a new birth right tradition, registration

Save the Children, in partnership with UNHCR will launch tomorrow a campaign on the birth certificates in two districts in Sana’a under the banner “ getting birth certificate is a right for every child for free and a protection for children future”
The campaign aims to raise the awareness of the Yemeni and refugees parents in the communities to the importance of getting the birth certificate as a right for every child and it is free. The campaign targets mainly the Yemenis and refuges parents to go to the available centers that are opened with coordination with the Civil registration Center and with funded by Save the Children and UNHCR.
 
The Protection Program specialist in Save the Children, Aisha Saeed, ensued on the importance role of every member in the community  Yemenis or refuges in increasing the awareness to get the birth certificate for children as a right to have a name and nationality as the Child Right Convention states and as a tool of protection for every children. Saeed ensured on the importance of the birth certificates as a necessary document in protecting children’s rights in their childhood and future.
 
This campaign is the part of series activities of the “ birth registration project” done by Save the Children in which a previous campaign was implemented on January 2010 on birth registration for children for free. The campaign targeted the Yemeni and non Yemenis people and aimed to advocate for the Law statement of Ministries council No. 120 for 2006 that ensured that birth certificate is free for everyone.
And in a step to child protection, Save the Children has concluded on January 21 July 2010 a workshop on reducing the violence in schools. The workshop trained 28 teachers, parents’ councils, local leaders on the alternatives of violence.
Training was concluded by Save the Children in coordinating with HCMC on 20 July on the skill of reporting on child protection issues. The training targeted 26 participants from the national network for child protection and some NGOs working in child protection.
Save the Children fights for children’s rights, influences public opinion and supports  children at risk for a better world in which all children’s rights are respected.

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