New mobile phone system ‘mBirth’ registers Tanzania’s invisible children
Published: 28/Nov/2016
Source: Thomas Reuters Foundation News
By Kizito Makoye
NJOMBE, Tanzania, Nov 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – At Lunyanywi village in Tanzania’s southern highlands, local residents gather to welcome a new member of their community.
Antonia Kisena and her husband Moses are celebrating the birth of a baby boy they have named Arnold with drumming, food and a specially prepared local brew.
“My husband always wished for a baby boy, thank God it happened just like that,” said 38-year-old Kisena.
But unlike her three older children, who do not have birth certificates, Arnold got his soon after he was born.
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