2009-11-16

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2009-11-16 02:37 pm

Interesting...

Registering the world's 'invisible' millions

Five-year-old Bolivian girl with her identity card (Photo: Plan)
This five-year-old girl from Bolivia is one of some 40 million children helped

A birth certificate is a fact of life for many. Yet there are millions of babies born each year who are never registered, depriving them of vital education and health care and leaving them vulnerable to abuse. Plan International has gone some way to reverse this situation, as the BBC's Penny Spiller explains.Read more... )