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Hello everyone, welcome to my first blog!
My name is Lucia Cortes and I am from Mexico City.

I have been working with children over 10 years and I strongly believe that every child has the right to live in a society where he or she can feel safe, guided, supported, loved and cared for. As a future educator, I am willing to advocate for children´s rights in my new community (Dawson Creek, BC), so they can  express their points of views freely, and be taken into account as citizens.

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Based on my professional and personal experiences in my country, I have seen that Mexican children who are not registered at birth; face a number of consequences that impact negatively in their education, health, and wellbeing. When these children grow older without any registration, they can find it difficult to claim their own rights, and likely to be less-visible in society. So, it is the law that all children who born in Mexico must be registered in the first six months of birth but if parents do not register the child on time, they are required to pay a fine and can deal with judicial procedures. When parents take responsibility and register their child on time, they are proving them a better life and including them as a member of a family, and as a human being with values in a community and society.

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What I have noticed is that there is a large number of children that remains unregistered all around the world. In many countries the civil-registration systems require further strengthening to avoid lots of children unprotected. It is not enough to get birth certificates in isolation. It has to be an integral project that can support children all time. There is no doubt that children deserve:

a legal identity

access in health services

protection

a nationality

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While there is still much to be done to solve the problem of under-registration of births in every country, there is a hope that governments can take better decisions and think about the future of the children. Birth registration is a basic human right to acquire a citizenship and a nationality. Children are an extraordinary blessing to any country. They are full of potential and they play an important role in the construction of a new generation. The world needs happy children with a sense of belonging.

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We can use this song to show in a simple but meaningful way that we as Educators do care of our children´s rights in our daycares.

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you can post your comment below my audio, thank you