Stories

Stories of how birth registration has changed people's lives and Plan's work on ensuring children all over the world are registered after birth.

	Radio and drama give children in India a voice The school radio program gave disadvantaged children a voice by teaching them how to use radio to raise awareness of issues that mattered to them
	New legislation on free birth registration in Aceh Besar, Indonesia Birth registration in Aceh Besar in Indonesia, is now free for children aged 0-6 years
	20 day sprint sees registration of over 49,000 children in India Plan helped register the births of 49,835 children in Rajasthan, India, in just 20 days
	Film star Anil Kapoor backs Plan’s campaign Actor Anil Kapoor donated his fee from 'slumdog millionaire' to Plan India's UBR campaign
	Mobile birth registration service across Sri Lanka Plan Sri Lanka and the registrar general’s department conducted a series of birth registration mobile events throughout Ratnapura, Kandy, Matale, Moneragala, Badulla and Nuwara Eliya
	Campaign makes important progress in Vietnam Plan cooperated with the provincial departments of justice (DOJs) to develop action plans for birth registration projects in areas where birth registration was lowest
	Ghana commits to full registration Plan has been working in partnership with the Ghanaian government to achieve full registration for all children by 2010
	Mass Belgian support the universal birth registration campaign More than 20,000 people signed a petition in support of universal birth registration as part of an action week in Belgium
	Pushing for changes in the law in Malawi Plan Malawi urged the government to speed up the passage of a new bill that sought to introduce compulsory birth, marriage and death registration
	El Salvador's First Lady supports the campaign There is now a public commitment in El Salvador to promote the right of children to have a birth certificate