Exist to Exist - Birth Registration in Zimbabwe

Hello.

We are continuing to work hard to ensure that vulnerable children in Bulawayo can obtain the identity documents they need to access education. Here is a quick update from Trinity Project about what they have been able to achieve over the past 3 months with your ongoing support.

• We have been going door-to-door, meeting over 260 families in need of assistance, and taking on the cases of 380 children
• We have conducted 9 sensitization meetings to improve awareness of birth registration and identity rights, meeting 578 parents/carers.
• Our 'Kids' Clubs' are growing in popularity, with over 100 children attending over the last 3 months.
• We have also conducted training for 11 Child Protection Committee members in Emakhandeni District.
• We have been given free use of a Toyota pick-up truck, which is allowing us to take our projects to rural and peri-urban areas, where there is the greatest need for our work.

Despite these successes, there are many challenges we still face. The economic climate in Zimbabwe makes it difficult for many parents to pay the administration fees required to obtain identity documents, and as our Kids Clubs increase in popularity the equipment we have to engage with children has to be spread ever more thinly.

It is therefore vital that we continue to receive your support to ensure that every child can access their fundamental rights to identity and education.

Many thanks once again.