American teenager donates his hair for children with cancer

Family friend Amber Bray (left) cutting a braid from Moise's hair during a public fundraiser held to donate his hair to the nonprofit Children with Hair Loss. Photos: Gregg Gelmis/AP

Kieran Moise’s afro was a splendid 19 inches (48cm), a huge part of his personality. But after six years of growth, the 17-year-old Alabamian knew that he and his hair would soon be parted; he was bound for the US Air Force Academy.

So in memory of a friend who died from cancer, he cut it off and donated it to the nonprofit Children With Hair Loss, which provides human hair replacements to children and teenagers facing medically related hair loss due to cancer treatments, alopecia and burns.