Namibia is taking the necessary steps to ensure that every child counts from birth.

The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security (MHAISS) is creating awareness about the mobile identity prototype, which will allow Namibians to apply for documents, including birth certificates, from the comfort of their homes.

Members of the Kunene Police Women's Network have engaged with expecting mothers at the Kazetjindire Angelika Muharukua Maternity Waiting Home in Opuwo, educating them about issues on birth registration and postpartum stress disorder that develops after birth, as well as adoption.

The Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security, Lucia Iipumbu, has stressed the importance of birth registration, calling it more than just a right—it is recognition of a child’s identity and existence.

Namibia's Vice President, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, has reiterated the government's commitment to better people's lives through infrastructure development. 

She said this at the inauguration of the state-of-the-art Home Affairs and Immigration office for the ||Kharas Region.

Namibia's Vice-President, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, reaffirmed the government’s commitment to improving lives through infrastructure development during the inauguration of the new Home Affairs and Immigration office in the ||Kharas Region.

Untraceable sources, chancetakers, and uncooperative parents are some of the concerns about the ongoing mass registration process countrywide. 

The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety, and Security is conducting the mass registration outreach programme across all 14 regions of Namibia.

The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety, and Security says birth registration is a human right. Hence, parents should ensure that they register their children as soon as they are born.