OpenHands is committed to addressing the challenges of obtaining legal identity in various parts of the world through the Second Birthday birth registration program, by improving local issues and providing optimized solutions.






OpenHands is committed to addressing the challenges of obtaining legal identity 

in various parts of the world through the Second Birthday birth registration program, 

by improving local issues and providing optimized solutions.



Q. Why is birth registration difficult?

 A. The majority of unregistered children come from marginalized households. Even the parents of these children do not have their own births registered, and are not aware of the importance of birth registration.

Many 

documents

Economic Circumstances



Barriers of Iliteracy

Complex 

Processes

Q. What are the consequences of not being registered at birth?

 A. Individuals may face constraints in accessing social protection due to the lack of basic elements necessary to function within society.

School enrollment/graduation

(deprivation of educational opportunities)

Protection of child rights

(exploitation, abuse, etc.)

Social security systems

(livelihood support, scholarships, healthcare assistance, etc.)


Opening bank accounts

(limitations on financial transactions)

Workers' welfare

(medical care, employment, social insurance, etc.)

Q. Why is birth registration  

     difficult?


A. The majority of unregistered children come from marginalized households. Even the parents of these children do not have their own births registered, and are not aware of the importance of birth registration.

Many documents

Economic Circumstances

Barriers of Iliteracy

Complex Processes

Q. What are the consequences 

     of not being registered at 

     birth?


A. Individuals may face constraints in accessing social protection due to the lack of basic elements necessary to function within society.

School enrollment/
graduation


(deprivation of educational opportunities)

Protection of child rights


(exploitation, 

abuse, etc.)

Social security systems 


(livelihood support, scholarships, healthcare 

assistance, etc.)


Opening bank accounts 


(limitations on financial

 transactions)

Workers' welfare 


(medical care, employment, 

social insurance, etc.)









Openhands' plan for 

birth registration 

in Vietnam



'Water Kit + Maternal Delivery Support'










Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)

Openhands First Contract signed (MOU)



Simplification of birth registration process



Initally maximum of 29 documen

Reduced down to 11 documents


/


Initally 6-step, 10-month process

Condensed to a 2-step, 

2-month process




Through the first-ever agreement 
with the Philippine government,

We aim to swiftly support more 
children's birth registration with PSA.







Openhands' plan for birth registration in Vietnam 'Water Kit + Maternal Delivery Support'







Only way to prove birth are "Hospital Records"

Maternal care

Hospital Examination Records

Issuance of Hospital Documents

Birth Registration Submission

Only way to prove birth are 

‘Hospital Records’

Maternal care

Hospital Examination 

Records

Issuance of Hospital Documents

Birth Registration Submission

Monitoring childbirth process to ensure birth registration Water Kit takes responsibility for the health of maternals and babies

*We provide Water Kits for 24 monthsFor pregnant women & fetuses, and postpartum mothers & babies to have access to clean water

Monitoring childbirth process to ensure birth registrationZ

Water Kit takes responsibility for the health of maternals and babies

* We provide Water Kits for 24 monthsFor pregnant women & fetuses, and postpartum 

mothers & babies to have access to clean water