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Birth Registration Project Launched
The National Statistics Office, together with Plan Philippines, launched the Birth Registration Project (BRP) in the region last February 23, 2005 at Kanhuraw Convention Center, Tacloban City. Over 50 participants coming from various NGAs, LGUs, academe and the private sector attended the activity.
In line with the celebration of the Universal Birth Registration (UBR) Day, a Free Birth Registration was also conducted in the same venue, anchored on the theme, “Pangalan Ko, Karapatan Ko”.
Dir. Rolando C. Dimaunahan of NSO presented a backgrounder of the project, while Ms. Romina Grace P. Rodelas, Sectoral Project Coordinator, formally launched the BRP and the UBR Campaign which will cover 15 areas or municipalities in Region VIII.
The following stakeholders, Hon. Vice-Governor Ma. Mimiette S. Bagulaya of Leyte, Mr. Regal Oliva, Executive Assistant to the Mayor of Tacloban and Ms. Louie Quebec of DYVL-AM, gave their statement of support for the project. Partners and stakeholders present likewise participated in the reaffirmation of commitment through signature campaign.
The Birth Registration Project is the second phase of the Unregistered Children Project (UCP) implemented in 2000. Its target groups included the Muslims, indigenous people and street children. The UCP has achieved significant strides in promoting birth registration, which gave to the realization of a UCP-2 or the Birth Registration Project. The project intends to run until June 2007 aiming a 100 percent Birth Registration in the country for the year 2005-2010, as well as to sustain and institutionalize the gains of the UCP at a larger scale by establishing a Barangay Civil Registration System (BCRS).
The Philippines is a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), which provides that every child should be registered immediately after birth and shall have the right from birth to a name and a nationality (Article 7).
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