The Children's Hospital Trust launches its AMBASSADORS PROGRAMME

A Children's Hospital Trust Ambassador is a public representative who shares the Trust's vision of helping sick children in southern Africa to receive the best medical care. Ambassadors are friends to the sick children at the Hospital and come from a variety of high-profile professions, but they all have certain qualities in common – and are considered role models within the eyes of the local community and the general public.

A Trust Ambassador also possesses personal integrity in line with the Trust's proud history of strong ethics. Ambassadors have leadership qualities and understand the reason for maintaining the existence of the Hospital. Ambassadors visit the Hospital to spend quality time with the little patients – some of whom spend months at a time in Hospital. The Trust is unable to reimburse Ambassadors for their contributions – but we hope that they will enjoy other immeasurable benefits that come from helping such a worthy cause... such as spiritual growth, personal inspiration and life enrichment.

CRICKETING SENSATION ANNOUNCES SPECIAL PARTNERSHIP WITH CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

In 2009 JP Duminy was selected as the first ever Trust Ambassador. While JP continues to excel on the cricket pitch he will now extend his responsibilities to helping sick children who are treated at the Hospital. JP will act as a public representative for the Children's Hospital Trust and attend high profile fundraising events and spend quality time visiting the Hospital's brave patients.

“I love playing cricket and am grateful that I can play sport as a profession. I have been blessed with great opportunities as a result of playing cricket and I really wanted to give something back. I hope that as a Trust Ambassador I will help make it possible for sick children to get better and get back to enjoying sport themselves,” says JP Duminy.

www.jpduminy.co.za

CELEBRATED ARTIST BECOMES NEWEST TRUST AMBASSADOR

The newest Trust Ambassador is award–winning South African artist, Paul du Toit. Paul has been offering his committed support to the Children's Hospital Trust for many years by donating valuable original artworks to assist with fundraising.

In fact, Paul has painted an original mural in the Outpatients wing, in honour of committed Trust donor, Pick n Pay. While painting Paul invited children to draw pictures on paper he laid out for them. When asked how he felt that his time and energy may have inspired a new generation of budding artists Paul replied that he was the 'lucky one as they were such an inspiration to him and prompted so many new ideas'.

www.pauldutoit.com