By Andrew Jackson | Operations Manager
With our long standing partner Trinity Project we continue to work closely with rural and urban communities in ensuring child protection through access to documentation. The organisation is undertaking this initiative so as to enable enjoyment of rights by children. This initiative is also informed by the realization that inasmuch as issues of access to documentation are found to be sensitive within communities as some tend to reflect on paternal and maternal relations, a child without a birth certificate or any other relevant form of identity documentation is more susceptible to socio-economic disparities. This is so because a child without a birth certificate cannot equitably access education, employment and other relevant socio-economic services that are crucial for the child’s wellbeing and welfare. Trinity Project therefore work closely with the Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage through the Registrar General’s Office for both Matabeleland North and Bulawayo Provinces, Ministry of Health and Child Care through public health institutions, Ministry of Justice and Parliamentary Affairs through courts and legal systems. These are the relevant stakeholders in ensuring a child access to documentation and the organization has done a lot in championing and pioneering change in policies and systems for these institutions through encouraging them to consider the best interest of the child in their service delivery strategies. Through this initiative, the organization is also able to receive office drop in clients seeking assistance in access to documentation, the organization assists through giving legal advice around access to documentation. It is also important to note that this initiative relies also on a number of other legal issues like guardianship and sole custody which the organization assist with legal advice, drafting of court papers and refer for further assistance by other relevant stakeholders.
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