The inter-religious prayer event was organised by the Global Network of Religions for Children (GNRC) Friday at Shanti Sewa Ashram, Koteshwor.
During the event, leaders from different religions came together to pray for the wellbeing of children. They prayed for the promotion of maternal health and child survival, with a particular focus on the role of exclusive breastfeeding in nurturing both the body and mind of children.
According to a statement issued by UNICEF Nepal on the occasion, breastfeeding is a proper way to start a child's life towards proper nutrition essential to help reduce the real problem of under nutrition hat causes half of all Nepali children to be stunted and nearly 40 percent to be under weight.
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source: www.nepalnews.com"It is commendable that the leaders and representatives of all the various religious groups have come together today to promote exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life and continuous breastfeeding along with other nutritious food for the first two years of life," said Gillian Mellsop, UNICEF Nepal Representative. "At the heart of every religious tradition is the insight that children are humanity's best hope for the future and we really do need to nurture them."
Each of the religious leaders gave a short presentation on the importance of breast feeding within their religion or advocated on the issue, while the children at the event added their voices to the celebration sharing messages and prayers of good will and harmony from their respective faiths.
Meanwhile, a candlelight vigil from 6 to 7 p.m. in New York's Times Square commenced a series of global activities in some 40 countries to mobilize secular and faith-based organizations to work together for the wellbeing of children.
The theme for these activities in 2010 will be maternal health and child survival, with a particular focus on breastfeeding. UNICEF is supporting activities in 20 countries around the world.
The New York event, supported by UNICEF, marks the start of the second annual global initiative by civil society actors to hold a World Day of Prayer and Action for Children, organized around Universal Children's Day (November 20), which commemorates the adoption by the UN General Assembly of the landmark Convention on the Rights of the Child. nepalnews.com
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