Hospital Charity Organisation | Children's Hospital Trust

Christmas Eve 2004. One little girl isn't opening her presents. She's in a critical condition...

Mosa Ntlaseng was that little girl - on what should have been a night filled with happiness and laughter. Suddenly, on Christmas Eve, her kidneys stopped functioning and she went from being happy and healthy to being in a critical state in a matter of hours.

Mosa's condition was so serious that she was immediately transferred from her local hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa to the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital in Cape Town. There she was stabilised and put onto the waiting list for an organ transplant, as she desperately needed a new liver and kidney. It was at the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital that her life-saving double transplant was performed. In a 16-hour operation and for the weeks that followed the nurses, psychologists, doctors and specialists did everything they could to keep this little girl alive.

Now ask yourself - what if this had been your child? Where would you turn, if not to the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital?

The Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital is the only specialist hospital dedicated entirely to children in Southern Africa. When children across the continent need special care, this is the resource to which, they, their parents and their doctors turn. The Hospital cares for over 250 000 little patients every year and their ideal is to send these children home healthy - back to their friends, back to their school, back to their childhood.

Children require specialised care, specialised machines - adult-sized facilities are often, just not adequate. At the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, all the machines, from heart-monitors, to ventilators are smaller than most, to fit the little patients perfectly. The surgeons are skilled enough to perform life-saving operations even on babies who weigh no more than a kilogram.

The Hospital offers all this and more - at no charge for those who can't afford it. The only way that they can continue to offer the level of expert care and support that their little patients need, is with the help of generous donors. These members of the public understand the value of the work they do and are prepared to offer support to keep the Hospital performing its life-saving work.

Make A Real Difference

The Hospital will there if your little one needs them - but they need your help too.

The Children's Hospital Trust is an independent charity and the official fundraising arm of the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital. Any donation made to us, large or small, will go towards helping the Hospital save more little patients. 100% of all donations to the Trust go directly to Hospital projects.