Hairdressers on a Mission: Inside Hair Aid’s Global Impact | Corey Gray | Co-Host, Your Day Off Podcast | @Hairdustry & Alannah Zilkowsky | Hair Aid International Project Leader
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Show Notes
In this episode, Corey Gray and Alana Zylkowsky share what it’s really like volunteering with Hair Aid, a global charity teaching haircutting skills to break the cycle of poverty. From Cambodian prisons to women’s shelters, this conversation explores service, resilience, and the power of education.
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Key Takeaways:
🔅Get involved through Hair Aid - They train people in developing countries to cut hair for micro-businesses and provide free community haircuts by volunteer hairdressers. Hair Aid works with trained hairdressers who volunteer to teach in partnership with local NGOs. Stylists can apply to volunteer, donate, or support through awareness and fundraising.
🔅Education breaks the cycle - For many trainees, this is their first formal education, creating opportunity where there previously was none.
🔅Community is the real impact - Graduates go on to train others, open salons, and place stylists across their cities, creating ripple effects throughout entire communities.
🔅Relationships matter more than travel - Volunteering is not tourism. Cultural immersion, humility, and relationship-building are what make the work meaningful and effective.
🔅Service transforms you, the volunteer, too - Volunteers consistently report renewed purpose, personal growth, and healing from burnout through service.
🔅Corey’s experience wasn’t just professional, it was personal - He describes Cambodia as deeply emotional, perspective-shifting, and centered around surrender, humility, and presence
RELATED LINKS
👉Learn more about Hair Aid & get involved on their website
👉Follow Hair Aid on Instagram & Facebook
👉Connect with Alannah on Instagram
👉Connect with Corey on Instagram
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