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CANSA Shavathon 2008 : 1 of 3

Posted by Ina (Krugersdorp, South Africa) on 20 February 2008 in People & Portraits.

SHAVE SA!

To raise awareness and funds for the fight against cancer.

This man had guts! He shaved and colored his hair this shocking pink! You can see another photo of him here, with his hair half shaved.
By shaving your head or spraying your hair a multitude of colours for a donation, South Africans helped to raise funds that will be used for youth and family prevention and support programmes run by the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) nation-wide.

You can see more photo's here

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Comments (19)

{H} creatives from Santa Clara, United States

Great capture to further a great cause! Cheers - {H}

20 Feb 2008 3:43am

MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany

Eeeek, first I thought he had a very! bad sunburn! :-D

20 Feb 2008 3:54am

Inés from Namur, Belgium

Cool, des airs de bonbon, ... un peu de douceur ...

20 Feb 2008 4:34am

givethemhell from Germany

I admire this man, he did it for a good purpose. My mother died of cancer. I hope there will soon be found a cure for this deadly illness.

20 Feb 2008 5:14am

Ron from Saint Louis, United States

We should all be so devoted to the cause of eradicating this deadly disease. It looks like he needed a little support from the bottle sitting in front of him. Here's to pink hair!

20 Feb 2008 5:40am

vu@granby - Wolfgang Prigge from Granby, QC, Canada

This is special, Ina! We have a similar activity to collect money for cancer research, except we don't color the bald heads afterwards. Here is a photo by our member Johanne. P.S.: Like Ron I saw that he needed some liquid courage....

20 Feb 2008 8:35am

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

What a wonderful gesture, and you've capture the moment beautifully :)

20 Feb 2008 8:48am

Levine from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Ahh, this must be really cool, i plan to shave bald or leave some hair too one day but im afraid my mom wont let me enter the house after that...especiall if i colour it pink! HAHA

20 Feb 2008 9:42am

Steven from Chicagoland, United States

But now the question is, "Is he covering his eyes to protect them, or is he saying, 'What did I just do?'" Nice capturte of the moment. :-)

20 Feb 2008 10:41am

Chris from South Jersey, United States

Fun photo - I notice he has a bottle of beer in front of him (I guess he needed a little something to boost his courage!!). A fun thing to do for a good cause....

20 Feb 2008 10:57am

claude from France

Un bien petit sacrifice pour une grand cause
Good day

20 Feb 2008 11:19am

Saeed from Tehran, Iran

nice shot. vivid colors ....

20 Feb 2008 11:46am

standley from brou-sur-chantereine, France

Wonderful capture to serve a great cause Ina. I admire him

20 Feb 2008 2:40pm

Graham Russon from Cape Town, South Africa

Nice capture, a powerful moment and a magnificent cause.

20 Feb 2008 2:47pm

Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom

Good on him too, a brave soul. Greatr shot, full of the emotion of the event.

20 Feb 2008 3:40pm

pedro alexandre from loures, Portugal

a strong message indeed, you could try it b&w i think it would gain more emphasis, as it is a sad subject, cancer, milions are spent in war, compared with research!!! he was very brave.

20 Feb 2008 4:22pm