Hair for Hope 2022: Shaving their heads so that children with cancer don't feel so alone
Children's Cancer Foundation fundraiser Hair for Hope returns this year with physical events two years after the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Done during my Internship at Singapore Kindness Movement, Hair for Hope is a story I hold close to my heart because of how personal this piece actually was for me.
I felt writing this story would spread awareness that cancer is not something you go through alone, a way to speak for people like my mother; a cancer patient.
One challenge I had pursuing this story - interviewing students who were not used to being the spotlight. They were closed off and felt very nervous.
It was a learning moment for me that every newsmaker needs encouragement.
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The hardest piece I've ever written that came from my heart. I was a caregiver to my late mother and I wanted to speak on behalf of Gen Z and children of sick parents.
I'm young, but that doesn't mean I didn't have responsibilities. Being a caregiver was my hardest job, but I don't regret it one bit.
This story received a lot of attention from online netizens, and a lot of love for being open-minded and painful.
Writing would be easiest when it's about others but never about yourself.