Unprivileged children get birth certificates

FARIDPUR, June 11 (BSS): Around 200 unprivileged children born in brothel in the district received birth registration certificates.

The certificates have been handed over among the children of Rathkhola and C&B ghat brothels with the joint venture of Faridpur Municipality and Shapla Mohila Unnayan Sangstha, a local NGO.

Mahatab Ali Methu, mayor of Faridpur municipality, said,"The children have been facing many problems without their birth registration certificate for long.”

Proshanto Saha, project director of the Shapla Mohila Unnayon Sangstha, said, Faridpur Municipality has set a rare example to establish the right of unprivileged children by giving birth certificates.