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.

Our work includes the purchasing of life saving equipment, the building and upgrade of vital buildings at the Hospital as well as the development of the professional staff. As a non-profit charity organisation the Children's Hospital Trust relies on the generosity of our donors to help us. Since our inception in 1994 we proudly guarantee that 100% of all money donated to the Trust directly benefits the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital.

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 Provincial Government of the Western Cape's (PGWC) Department of Health 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 continue to raise 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. The Hospital has 290 beds for inpatients and 73 outpatient clinics which include: Clinical Psychology, Diabetic Education, Dietetics, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Social Work, Speech Therapy, Audiology, Stomatherapy and Tracheostomy Care. The majority of the Hospital's tiny patients come from around South Africa, Africa - and in rare cases from overseas. 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.