respondents said that they were not aware of any refugee children or population, although there were many non-Zimbabweans on the farms. In Bindura District, however, it was revealed that the majority of unregistered children were offspring of non-Zimbabweans, who where themselves also unregistered. At Ran Mine, Bindura, it was said by the ZANU (PF) Chairman at the mine that although over the years, there had been a diffusion of people of different nationalities to all sectors and areas of society, it was still evident that many people of Malawian, Zambian or Mozambican origin are commonly found on farms and mines. Such people, concurred the District Administrator (DA) in Hurungwe, the RGs office in Bindura and SOS Bindura senior officials, normally did not have birth or national registration. 4.19 Socio-economic coping strategies of unregistered children Respondents revealed that the absence of birth registration documents or a birth certificate perpetuated a cycle of poverty, especially in the farms. 60 respondents or (84%) of those on the farms had no birth certificates. This results in such unregistered children working on the farm, marrying and having children of their own, whom they cannot register because they too are unregistered. Unregistered children (who grow to become adults) in other settlement areas such as towns and mining locations also face similar challenges of an insecure future. They cannot get formal jobs (because a birth certificate or I.D. will be required). It was said that many of these children ended up engaging in menial jobs. It was brought out in the research that such a situation led to the perpetuation of paucity and social lack, and the continuation of deprivation from generation to generation. 4.20 Support of other agencies towards unregistered children 77% of respondents mentioned that they were unaware of the support of other agencies in the issue of birth registration. In both Bindura and Hurungwe 23% of respondents said that they were not sure of who else was involved in birth registration campaigns. However, besides JCT, organizations such as SOS, FOST (Bindura), Batsirai Group (Chinhoyi) and the Red Cross (Bindura) work collaboratively to support issues of child registration whenever such cases are reported. In Bindura, SOS refers unregistered children to the Department of Social Welfare for assistance in obtaining documents for them. The Legal Resources Foundation (LRF) is also working with the RG’s office in the drive to obtain birth registration for children in need. In both districts JCT also collaborates with the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Justice who have been very supportive whenever cases have been referred to them. 4.21 Focus of future advocacy campaigns in Birth Registration The research affirmed the philosophy of CRC that the registration of children is critical in bestowing and restoring the dignity of children and that it accorded its Birth Registration Research Report/2007 43