Over 200 birth certificates distributed to Baramita residents

Aug 17, 2017 News

Residents of Baramita uplifting their birth certificate

Over 200 birth certificates were distributed to residents of Baramita, Region One over the weekend.
The documents were delivered by a team of officials, including Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Alfred King.
This intervention came after a visit by the Ministry of Citizenship in May of this year.
During this visit, it was discovered that over 800 residents in Baramita and surrounding communities were without birth certificates.
“The team took one week in the area and they were amazed that so many persons were without birth certificates,” Regional Member of Parliament (MP), Region One, Richard Allen, explained.
The intervention is the first for Baramita, Allen said, adding that “priority was given to the children who would need their birth certificates to register for the new school term.”
The distribution of the birth certificates is an ongoing process and very soon, the remainder will be distributed.
Allen said that this exercise will also be done in other Region One villages.
“This is a big plus for Baramita,” said Toshao Trevor Matheson. “Before, you always hear that birth papers are lost somewhere in the region and it cannot be found, and so this is a big plus because they are dealing directly with the village,” he said.
The issue is a critical one for several Amerindian villages in the hinterlands. Some of the residents have never even travelled to the coastlands, remaining in their communities and never following up on birth certificates and other critical documents.

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