Judy Westwater

After a tormented childhood, much of which she lived as a feral child, Judy Westwater was determined to make her life meaningful. For the past ten years her unstinting efforts to help children in the violent townships of South Africa has been insprational to many, earning her an Unsung Heroes Award in 2004.Her childhood story, was the subject of one of John Peel's most moving interviews on BBC Radio 4's Home Truths.