MALAPPURAM: A Class 9 student has donated her hair to cancer patients. Ritunanda, a student of Olavattur Yatheem Khana High School, is the one who donated her forty-five centimeters of hair to cancer patients.

Ritunanda felt the desire to donate her hair after she saw a girl who had gone through chemotherapy. Her parents also supported her when she told them about the decision. She then went to the wig bank hair donation center of Miracle Charitable Trust of Farook College and got her hair cut.

Ritunanda's act was appreciated by the teachers of her school. The headteacher gave her a gift for the noble act. Ritunanda is also good at studies.