“Our teacher told us that in Nepal, 3 newborns die every hour. We had no way of knowing this. An hour is just sixty mins. That means 72 deaths in just one day. That is a very scary figure for all of us. She asked us if this was acceptable? And thus, we decided to run the race to raise awareness about this deadly fact.”

– Students of Shree Neel Barahi School
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Students of Shree Neel Barahi School participated in the RACE for Survival (October 18) – a 5 km marathon inside Kathmandu valley where 1000 students between the ages of 14 – 16 from various public schools will take part to engage children to raise their voice to reduce preventable newborn, infant and child deaths.