The Children's Hospital Trust is an independent charity organisation and the Fundraising Arm of the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.

This comprises of 170 000 outpatient visits, over 22 000 inpatient admissions and approximately 52 000 patient visits to Allied Health professionals which includes Clinical Psychology, Diabetic Education, Dietetics, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Social Work, Speech Therapy, Audiology, Stomatherapy and Tracheostomy Care.

Our work includes the purchasing of life saving equipment, the upgrade and maintenance of vital buildings at the Hospital as well as the development of the professional staff who work at this children's hospital in Cape Town. As a non-profit charity organisation the Children's Hospital Trust relies on the generosity of our donors to help us realise our aims and objectives. We proudly guarantee that 100% of all money donated to the Trust benefits the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital directly.

The Work of the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital

The Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital is a cornerstone of paediatric health care in Southern Africa and is the stand alone, specialist children's hospital dedicated entirely to children in southern Africa. As a public tertiary and secondary level hospital the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital is dedicated to delivering word-class paediatric treatment, care, research and specialist training. The Hospital is managed by the Department of Health of the Provincial Government of the Western Cape (PGWC) with an operational budget of R359million for the 2008/2009 Financial Year. The Children's Hospital Trust works in partnership with the Department of Health on specific projects. Running a world-class institution is exceptionally expensive and the Children's Hospital Trust needs ongoing support to raise the critical complementary funding to ensure that the Hospital remains a centre of paediatric excellence, giving hope to sick children and their families.

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With the broadest range of paediatric specialists under one roof in sub-Saharan Africa, the Hospital manages more than 250 000 patient visits a year treating some of the most complex, life-threatening or life-limiting conditions. This comprises of 170 000 outpatient visits, over 22 000 inpatient admissions and approximately 52 000 patient visits to Allied Health professionals which includes Clinical Psychology, Diabetic Education, Dietetics, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Social Work, Speech Therapy, Audiology, Stomatherapy and Tracheostomy Care. The Hospital has 300 beds for inpatients and 71 outpatient clinics. The majority of the Hospital's tiny patients come from around South Africa, but many are also from countries beyond its borders. Most patients are from marginalised communities and more than one third of the patients are under a year old. They are often the sickest of sick children who need highly complex interventions to recover.