Mid Wales girl cuts off 15 inches of hair for children suffering with cancer
A brave six year old has raised more than £1,300 for charity and donated a whopping 15 inches of her hair to be made into wigs for children battling cancer.
Olivia Morgan-Jones has had more than her fair share of illness and hospital stays.
The Llansantffraid Primary School pupil was born with a condition that meant her oesophagus was not joined to her stomach and has undergone operations to remove part of her bowel in order to repair it.
This led to her having emphysema and having part of her lungs removed.
She later suffered with pneumonia which put her into intensive car, and her family were told to expect the worst.
Her mother, Gemma, said: "We thought we were going to lose her, we actually got that awful call to come and say our goodbyes but she was so strong and pulled through."
The six-year-old’s response has not been to feel sorry for herself, but to want to help children who lose their hair through chemotherapy.
After her grandmother, Maureen Taylor, underwent chemotherapy for cancer, little Olivia wanted to do something to help children who are also undergoing treatment for cancer.
Gemma added: "Because of all her hospital treatment and seeing other poorly children she is quite sensitive and really caring.
"When my mum was diagnosed with cancer last year and lost her hair, Olivia was really inquisitive and asked about the wigs and when we told her that people with long hair donated it she wanted to do the same."
Olivia, from Llanfechain in Mid Wales, has had her long brown hair chopped off and donated through the Little Princess Trust where it will be used to make a wig for a child suffering from cancer.
A total of 15 inches was cut off and will be sent to the charity.
Gemma said: "She absolutely loves it. She said to me 'I've done a really good thing.'
"It has something she has completely driven herself and we can't believe how much the local community has got behind her."
Olivia said: "I wanted to do it because my nanny had cancer.
"I want to say a big thank you to everyone who donated and supported me."
As well as donating her hair, Olivia has raised about £750 on an online fundraising page, plus more than £640 in cash, with money still coming in.
Her primary school has also done its own fundraising, collecting about £105.
Anyone wanting to donate to Olivia’s Little Princess Trust appeal can do so through the Just Giving Page just giving.com/fundraising/Oliviaprincesshaircut.
