Did you know, every 24 hours, 3,287 people in the world are sold as slaves?

The 24 Hour Race Kuala Lumpur 2016 takes place tomorrow to increase awareness on this grave issue.


Here are three things you need to know about the 24 Hour Race Kuala Lumpur 2016:

1) When did the 24 Hour Race first begin

The 24 Hour Race was first organised in Hong Kong in the year 2010. Today, countries like Malaysia, Singapore and Korea among others, participate in this event.

Last year alone, more than 2,000 students from Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia took part in this event in their respective countries in the effort to end modern slavery.

Since 2010, the 24 Hour Race has involved more than 100,000 participants in Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur and has collected more than US $550,000 through many charity events and awareness campaign on modern slavery issue.

2. What is the goal of 24 Hour Race?

The initiative was started by a group of young people globally to collect funds to be channeled to anti-slavery non-governmental organisations (NGO) in countries like Nepal, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Singapore and Malaysia.

The initiative is to create more leaders in the fight against modern slavery.

3. When and where?

The 24 Hour Race Kuala Lumpur 2016 will be held on November 19 from 9am and will end the next day at 9am. The event will be held at the IGB International School, in Sierramas, Sungai Buloh.

The event will be held simultaneously in Hong Kong and Singapore on Nov 19 while the charity run event in Seoul, Korea was held on Sept 12 at Cheonggye Plaza.

Those who wish to support or donate to the event can obtain more information here.