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Be inspired to participate – our annual CANSA Shavathon (27 Feb to 4 March 2016) is approaching fast and CANSA wants YOU to show YOU care by being brave – shave or spray your hair, make a hair donation or donate to the cause!

No cash. No card swipes. Simply pay with your phone. Now you can pay with SnapScan at most Shavathon events through the country! SnapScan will be available at Shavathon events in: Bethlehem, Bloemfontein, Boland, Cape Metro, Central Gauteng, Cosmos (Mpumalanga), East Rand, Highveld, Lowveld, Pretoria, Vaal, Welkom, West Coast, Western Gauteng.

View the Galleries of action pictures at CANSA Shavathon 2015 events…

We salute our online fundraising activists who worked hard to raise funds for Shavathon 2015. Many have also shaved their heads in solidarity with cancer Survivors, as well. Read why they were motivated to raise funds…

Lime Light SA shaved / sprayed 185 heads, raising R9 250. Thank you! Catch the vibe in their video ‘Shavathon Hair Looks Fierce’!

Red Panda Software hosted a Shavathon Event recently and managed to raise R14 000. Thank you! The company donated R500 per staff member who shaved their head (no.2 clippers), or who was prepared to cut off a fifth of their hair. Twenty-eight brave employees in total! View Gallery:

2015: Heloise Enslin, recently shaved her head for the first time. She shares about what it meant to her and how she has had to come to terms with great personal loss and learnt to start moving forward & living life to the full again…

2015: Bronwyn Naidoo shares her experience as a Shavathon Volunteer and why she will definitely volunteer again into the future…

Laerskool Phalaborwa (Groenskool) hosted a ‘cut and donate’ day at the school on the 23 March 2015 and collected R6 000-00 and wait for it …. 85 pony tails from the Gr.R to 7 girls!

This beautiful mom & daughter team, missed the public Shavathon event and asked if they could still come to the CANSA Durban Care Centre and donate their ponytails! Avisha and Allysha did so in memory of the women in their life they had lost to cancer.