DISTRICT CONSULTATIONS REPORTS CHAPTER 2: Recommendations ? Children should be free to think on their own and choose what they want. Adults should just guide and protect them. This would foster a culture of religious tolerance. ? Children should have their liberty ·“We are born free and we should remain free.” 2.16 DISTRICT: PROVINCE: VENUE: DATE: PARTICIPANTS: CHIPINGE DISTRICT MANICALAND PROVINCE TUZUKA PRIMARY SCHOOL 06 JULY 2010 196 CHILDREN (101 GIRLS AND 95 BOYS) CHALLENGES AND RECOMMENDATIONS BIRTH REGISTRATION Challenges ? Many children do not have birth certificates in Chipinge. Recommendations ? Birth registration offices should be very close to people. ? Hospitals must offer birth certificates soon after birth. CHILD HEADED FAMILIES Challenges ? AIDS is more likely than other causes of death to create double orphans (children who have lost both parents). Recommendations ? Department of Social Services should take care of the orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs). ? Orphans should be send to children's homes. DISCRIMINATION Challenges ? OVCs are often discriminated against and isolated. Recommendations ? School children should not be discriminated against because of their race, tribe or HIV and AIDS status. ? Step parents should treat children equally even though they are not their biological children SHORTAGE OF FOOD Challenges ? Some children, especially the OVCs who do not have any source of food, suffer from kwashiorkor and other related diseases during times of drought. Recommendations ? NGOs and government should provide agricultural inputs and create food security in rural areas. CHILD PARTICIPATION IN THE CONSTITUTION MAKING PROCESS Children's consultations CONSOLIDATED REPORT 40