A Sama Bajau family in Languyan, Tawi-Tawi in Mindanao, Southern Philippines receives their birth certificate as during a ceremonial handover
on 19 December 2024. The activity forms part of the birth registration initiative that is being funded by the Japan Government, in line with the
Philippines’ implementation of its National Action Plan to End Statelessness. ©UNHCR/Gia Luga
In Senegal, during the reporting period, UNHCR
supported the issuance of 763 late birth certificates
for refugee children out of the planned 1,038. In
December, in response to flood damage affecting
civil registration centers in northern Senegal,
UNHCR and Green Village Foundation donated
100 birth registers to local authorities to ensure
continued registration efforts.
In the Central African Republic, in November and
December, UNHCR and the National Committee for
the Fight Against Statelessness distributed 891 birth
certificates to returnees living in the commune of
Boda and in villages in the commune of Balé-Loko
(M’Baïki sub-prefecture).
In the Philippines, in December, UNHCR and
its partners conducted mobile birth registration
in Zamboanga and the island provinces of
Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi. Over 5,000
individuals, including Sama Bajau communities
and undocumented IDP children, received birth
certificates.
Action 8: Issue nationality documentation to
those with entitlement to it
In Zimbabwe, in October, UNHCR supported the
Embassy of Malawi to conduct mobile consular
clinics in Gweru and Bulawayo. These clinics are an
important outreach programme that brings consular
services closer to people of Malawian origin,
facilitating access to information on nationality, dual
citizenship, and acquisition of documentation. The
consular clinics reached 205 individuals of Malawian
origin with information and services.
A 93-year-old Fatima Kamanga shares a moment with the Malawi
Embassy staff in Zimbabwe after applying for Malawian documentation
for the first time in her life ©UNHCR/T.D. Mabonga
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