THE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL TRUST

ANNUAL REPORT 2007 THE FUNDRAISING ARM OF THE RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

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Contents

An Extraordinary Hospital for Africa’s Children /02 The Vision and Mission of the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital Background The nature of services provided by the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital Specially mandated services A centre of learning Patients come from far and wide The role of outreach Demands on the Hospital

The Children’s Hospital Trust /05 The Children’s Hospital Trust Vision The Role of the Children’s Hospital Trust Governance of the Children’s Hospital Trust

The Year in Review /07 The Chairman’s Message The CEO’s Message

Trust Projects and Programmes /10

Financial Review /18 Independent Auditor’s Report Income Statement Balance Sheet Statement of Changes in Trust Fund Cash Flow Statement Notes to Financial Statements Detailed Income Statement Income Pie Chart Income and Expenditure Graph

Donations Review /36 Developing long-term relationships – Trusts and Foundations Eventful Fundraising Gifts-In-Kind

Donor Report /38 Major Supporters Event Supporters Gifts-In-Kind

Getting Our Children Home Where They Belong /46

Trust Our Team /50

Board of Trustees, Patrons and Committee Members /51

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The Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital An Extraordinary Hospital for Africa’s Children Vision The Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital strives to be a leader in specialised health care for children.

Mission To be a leading national specialist children’s hospital providing quality health care to our clients, as well as valuing and advancing the frontiers of child health.

BACKGROUND

The idea to build the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital goes back to the Second World War when a group of South African soldiers of all races resolved that when they returned home, they would create a place of healing in honour of their fallen comrades. They contributed part of their salary to a special fund and once back on South African soil, planned the Hospital together with the Red Cross Society and Cape Provincial Government. The Hospital had relatively humble beginnings when it opened in 1956, but today, 52 years on, it is a cornerstone of paediatric health care in southern Africa – not only treating extremely sick children with great success, empathy and commitment, but, importantly, training others to treat them as well.

THE NATURE OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

The Hospital provides comprehensive specialist services for children. The staff of this Hospital function as a team in delivering these specialist services. In other words, the services are child- “EVERY CHILD BEGINS THE WORLD AGAIN...” centred, completely integrated and absolutely age- appropriate. Teaching, training and research are – HENRY DAVID THOREAU – fundamental elements of these services, as is constant medical self-audit and critical clinical evaluation.

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HIGHLY SPECIALISED SERVICES PATIENTS COME FROM FAR AND WIDE The Children’s Hospital Trust

The Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital is the The Hospital’s young patients come from throughout regional centre for cardiac surgery in children. Some and from countries beyond its borders. quaternary (highly specialised) surgical procedures, The vast majority are from poor and marginalised such as liver transplantation, are performed at the communities and approximately one third of the Red Cross War Memorial Ch