Gurugram Sisters Snip Off Hair for Cancer Patients: 4 Places Where You Can Donate Hair

“On the one hand, I knew I wanted to make someone happy by giving them hair for a wig, but at the same time, I felt scared.” [View this email in your browser]( For Elakshi and Samaira, the motivation was simple – bringing smiles to someone’s face. Few things are at the top of human vanity as our hair. The crown on our heads, it ranges from long locks to short crops. And at times it certainly feels like the world revolves our mane. There are a million brands of shampoos (only a few of which are eco-friendly and guilt-free). Millions more of hair wax, hair oil, hair growth serums and general 'hairy'-ness. All of which pushes the same narrative - protect your fleece, it is the only one we get. But, amazingly, [The Better India's readers often defy this usual path](. Every week, we get several emails asking the simple question - "Hi, where can we donate our hair?" These are ordinary people, who are choosing to cut their hair, and then take the effort to ensure the hair reaches someone who might need it. Not everyone can revive a lake, or transform a village or run a startup. But it is heartening to see how many ways our audience finds to do some good, to make India that much better, just in their daily lives. And today's daily inspiration for this simple act of goodness is [Elakshi and Samaira]( students of grades 6 and 3. "We saw an online video about a girl who had gifted a wig before she went back to school. The girl in the video had lost her hair while she was undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. We saw how excited the girl was with the wig. I will never forget that smile," shares Elakshi. For Elakshi and Samaira, the motivation was simple – bringing smiles to someone's face. The girls understood how important this would be and decided to go ahead with their selfless act. If you have been thinking about donating your hair but are not sure how and where to do this, [do read on!]( - Vinayak Hegde [Read More]( [Bengaluru Man Turns Castor Stems Into Eco-Straws, Gives Them to Vendors For Free]( [Bartan Banks to Copper ‘Lotas’ in Govt Offices: Indore Municipality Shows The Way]( [IIT Hyderabad Scientists Find Cheap & ‘Blue’ Way to 3D-Print Stem Cells With Eel Skin!]( Water-Saving Tap Adaptors This uber-cool water-saving device easily fits on to your tap to save up to 80% of the water that would have otherwise been used up with a normal tap! It can easily be retrofitted onto most standard taps, with no compromise on your wash experience. This fits into most standard Indian taps with a nozzle diameter of 22 mm. [This pack]( 4 tap adaptors - one for every tap in your house! [Buy Now]( Our Best Of The Day - [Vivekananda’s Rock: The Ancient ‘Breaking Point’ Which Linked India to Antarctica]( - [With Spice Tours & Waterfalls, Here’s That Unique Goa Vacation You Were Looking For]( - [School Dropout Invents ‘Chauka System’, Makes His Village Self-sufficient in Water!]( Do share this newsletter with all your friends and family on Facebook, [Twitter]( WhatsApp. And if you wish others to subscribe to The Better India's daily dose of positivity, do share [this URL]( with them. Thanks for reading! [Follow Us On: Facebook]( [Follow Us On: Twitter]( [Follow Us On: Instagram]( [Latest Updates: The Better India]( Copyright © 2019 The Better India, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted for it at our website. Our mailing address is: The Better India The Better India Office 402, 4th Floor, Prestige Feroze 74, Cunningham RoadBangalore 560052 India [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. [Mailchimp Email Marketing](