Not every wish can be
wrapped.
Some come as lifesaving equipment.
Across Australia, children are busy writing Christmas wish lists filled with toys, games and gifts they hope to find under the tree. But hospitals have Christmas Wish Lists too.
Their lists are filled with vital medical equipment urgently needed to care for sick and premature babies and children.
This Christmas, you can help hospitals receive the equipment on their Wish Lists, ensuring more babies like Esther have access to the care they need when they need it most.
Esther's first Christmas
was spent in hospital...
Born at just 28 weeks and four days, weighing only 859 grams, Esther spent her first Christmas in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Royal North Shore Hospital.
For her mum, Shirley, it was a time of fear and uncertainty. While nothing could replace being at home together, moments of joy came through visits from Clown Doctors, Santa and volunteers, and a Christmas photoshoot where Esther wore clothes for the very first time. Shirley remembers spotting a Humpty sticker on Esther's humidicrib and realising that, behind those precious memories, was a piece of donated equipment helping to keep her little girl alive.
Inspired by their experience, Shirley and her family later donated a Babytherm Infant Warmer to The Children's Hospital at Westmead, helping babies and their families facing similar challenges. Today, hospitals across Australia continue to need vital equipment like Esther's humidicrib to care for their most vulnerable patients.
Delivering care through hospital
Wish Lists
Every day, hospitals and health services across Australia need specialised equipment to diagnose, treat and care for sick babies and children
From infant warmers and ventilators to vital signs monitors, these are the items clinicians rely on to give their young patients the best possible care. But not every hospital has the funding to purchase the equipment it needs.
Through Humpty’s Christmas Wish List, you can help deliver essential and often lifesaving medical equipment to hospitals and health services across Australia.
Help ensure no child waits for the equipment they need
For families spending Christmas in hospital, the greatest gift isn't something wrapped beneath a tree. It's seeing their child receive the care they need to get better. Your donation this Christmas can help Humpty provide urgently needed equipment to hospitals, supporting the dedicated clinicians caring for sick babies and children.
How you
can help...
Your Christmas donation helps fund vital equipment such as ventilators, humidicribs, and monitors that give babies the greatest gift of all, the chance to get better.
Donate today
Together, we can help more babies like Esther this Christmas.
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The Humpty Dumpty Foundation is the largest charitable supplier of children's medical equipment behind State and Territory Governments across Australia and is working hard with health officials and communities to ensure all states and territories have the equipment they need.
In just 2024 alone, with the support of generous donors, Humpty provided $6.1 million towards medical equipment and health initiatives for sick kids in hospitals.
Additionally, two-thirds of equipment donated was distributed to hospitals in rural and remote Australian communities, reflecting Humpty's commitment to ensure children have access to the care they need; no matter where they live.
Donors are at the heart of Humpty. Every donation, no matter how big or small, allows the critical work of Humpty to continue.
Consider this:
If just 10% of working Australians donated $5 per week, an additional $260 million would reach our hospitals and health services, assisting in acquiring critical medical equipment to save young lives.
By becoming a donor, you'll join a passionate community of 'Good Eggs' working to make a tangible difference in the lives of sick children.