A year ago, I wrote about why it is important for children in institutions to be allowed to celebrate their birthday (HERE). That it impacts their sense of self-worth and of identity if this is not allowed. Today, on another birthday of mine, I want to look at children who do not even have a birthday. They may not be aware of the date of their birth, or no one may be aware of it, because their birth was never registered.
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