‘Seeds of Hope’ plans to collect hair, donate wigs to cancer patients
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The nine students from Puttur who are spearheading the ‘Seeds of Hope’ campaign. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Initiative is by nine students
Appalled by the plight of cancer patients who lose their hair owing to chemotherapy, nine students from Puttur have come together to sow ‘Seeds of Hope’ by collecting and donating hair to produce wigs for them.
Team leader, Aadya Sulochana Muliya, a class X student at Vivekananda English Medium School, was moved when her teacher wore a head scarf to conceal her baldness owing to chemotherapy when Ms. Muliya was studying in class V at Madikeri.
Students from Puttur set up team to donate hair for cancer patients
Wed, Dec 16 2020 05:31:27 PM
Daijiworld Media Network – Puttur (ANK)
Puttur, Dec 16: A group of students from Puttur have taken up an initiative of donating hair for cancer patients that can bring smile on their faces.
Named the group as ‘Seeds of Hope’, the team consists nine young students between class 10 to second PU. Aadhya Sulochana studying in 10th standard at Vivekananda English Medium School at Puttur started the team with an idea to start an initiative of donating hair for cancer patients.
When Aadhya was in sixth standard, see saw her favourite teacher, who was a cancer patient, come to school, head covered with a scarf. This made Aadhya emotional and inspired her to donate her hair for cancer patients. She began to grow her hair so that in future she could donate it. At the time of lockdown, Aadhya donated her 10 to 12 inch hair for cancer patients to an organization. Later, Aadhya set up a
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