TIMOR-LESTE: Making inroads on birth certificates

TIMOR-LESTE: Making inroads on birth certificates:

FATULMAU, 25 September 2012 (IRIN) - Filomena Mendonca gave birth to all five of her children at home in the village of Fatulmau, high up in the mountains of Timor-Leste, without registering their births. “The hospital is very far away. I didn't feel there was a problem so I just stayed at home,” said the 30-year-old.