Mangaluru: In less than a year, a group of nine students studying in class from PU to the first year’s degree program, through the initiative of the Harapan Seeds launched in September last year, has contributed seven wigs for cancer patients.
About two years ago, Aadhya Sulochana Muliya was destroyed when he lost a teacher and a friend, after a brave battle with cancer.
He then decided to grow his hair, so he could donate hair for wigs for cancer patients.
Immediately, eight friends joined him.
Aadhya, a PU student in Shakti PU College, Mangaluru said: “We have done two hair donation camps in Putture and Karkala, where nearly 200 people have donated hair.
At present, we have enough hair stock for customized wig preparation.
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Muliya Foundation, Puture began by his father Keshav Prasad Muliya, has sponsored a wig for cancer patients.
Every wig prepared in Bengaluru or Tamil Nadu costs around Rs 8,000, and students prefer 15-20 inches of hair as a donation because most of the patients prefer to have long hair.
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Students, including Isha Sulochana Muliya, Kanya Shetty, Varsha K, Akshaya Parvathi, Kaushal Subrahmanya, Neha Bhat, Hisha Kaje, Samarth RAM, and Aadhya, organized Sakhyam, a virtual program of cancer awareness of three days with the guidance of the Muliya Foundation, Will Charitable Trust in Relationship with JCI Putture on August 13, 14 and 16.
Anchal Sharma, a survivors, share the story and motivate cancer patients.
On the second day, Dr.
Guruprasad Bhat, Oncology, KimS Hospital, talked about diagnosis, stages, preconditions, and cancer treatment, and emphasized regular follow-up.
On the third day, Dr.
Ravichandra Karkal, Psychiatrist, Yenepoya Hospital, guided participants on ways to interact with cancer patients, and how to motivate them to win cancer.
“This drive awareness has inspired us to take more activities.
We are planning together with immediate cancer patients, and has launched meditation therapy by Dr.
Chethana, and soon dance therapy will be launched by Deepak Kumar.
All activities for cancer patients free,” said Aadhya.
