Scots schoolboy grows hair for 3 years to help sick kids despite bullies calling him 'a girl'

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A selfless Scots schoolboy defied bullies for three years to grow his hair long and help cancer-stricken kids.Vandaad Fardi was left in tears, taunted and called “a girl” after embarking on a mission to donate his hair to poorly children when he was just five years old.But he refused to give up on his plan and now the determined eight-year-old, from Aberdeen, will finally get the chop next week to make a wig for a child who has lost their hair.Mum Golpar said: “It was hard for him because he had so much hair.

A lot of the time others would call him a girl, which made him really upset.“He would be crying at home and me and his dad would say ‘don’t worry you can just cut your hair and grow it again when you’re older’.

But he would say ‘no mum, this is something I want to do for the kids now’.“We explained to the school why his hair was long and the teachers explained to his other classmates and that made him feel proud and happy.”Vandaad, who also lives with dad Farshid and little sister Sana, three, started growing his hair after asking his mum about children struggling with cancer.His mum had told him about the Mahak Charity, which supports children with cancer in Iran, where his parents are from.Golpar said: “He asked what the charity was and I showed him the website and he just started crying and asked what he could do to help.“We tried to explain that when you are sick and lose your hair you can still be happy.

I told him how you can help the children by going there and playing with them, donating some toys or maybe even your hair. He started laughing and said ‘how?’ When I explained he decided he wanted to do it straight away.”The Hazlehead Primary School pupil is raising money for the Mahak Charity as well as The