In 2023, civil-registration officers travelled by motorcycle through Guinea-Bissau's Oio region and opened temporary desks under trees. In Bafatá Oio, a traditional leader notified families in advance and divided them between morning and afternoon sessions. Parents waited with voter cards to register their children.
At another school, a teacher listed unregistered pupils, took attendance, and organised the queue; most of his seventy students were present. In Njhanhe, one officer registered thirty-nine children aged zero to seven in a single day.
Instead of requiring citizens to reach an office, the office carried its order and paperwork to the village. The line under a tree was an attempt to remove distance from an administrative right.