Hellen Zille - Giving Back Childhood: Childhood Memories and Recipes from 50 Well-Known and Big-Hearted South African Heroes

I am delighted to contribute to this fantastic book, which celebrates not only the culinary memories of prominent South Africans and some of the unsung heroes of South Africas famous Red Cross War Memorial Childrens Hospital, but also the fantastic work that the Hospital carries out each day.

On my previous visit to the Hospital with my brother, William, we were able to witness first-hand the incredible contribution the Hospital makes. It ensures that some of the most vulnerable and sick children in South Africa, along with the wider African community, receive the specialised treatment they need to enable them to return to a healthy and productive life with their families and communities.

The memories in this book are inspiring and some of the recipes look delicious - I look forward to trying them! I encourage you to do the same, in the knowledge that by buying this book you are helping the Red Cross War Memorial Childrens Hospital to save more lives and improve many young peoples quality of life. With our support, the amazing doctors, nurses and staff can make a real difference to the lives of the children who come through the hospitals doors each day.

G iving Back Childhood is a celebration of childhood memories. So often the aroma of a certain food or the waft of an essence escaping from a saucepan will transport us back in time, to a childhood memory of time spent in a mothers kitchen, a family braai, a walk on a farm or an afternoon spent with friends.

Within these pages some of your favourite personalities who have made South Africa their home share personal childhood food memories and recipes, and all of them have done so in order to celebrate a very special place, the Red Cross War Memorial Childrens Hospital.

Situated in Cape Town, this remarkable Hospital celebrates its sixtieth birthday in 2016, and over the past six decades thousands of children from all over Africa have spent time in its wards. Not only is it a leading and world-renowned place of medical expertise, but also a prominent training hospital for doctors from across the globe.

By purchasing this book you are personally contributing to the new paediatric intensive care ward, which will save lives and give many children back their childhood.