Life has not been easy recently for Ava's (not her real name), but without the support of Calcutta Rescue, she might have lost her life, not just her leg. The 58-year-old widow…
As the severity of the Covid pandemic has lessened Calcutta Rescue has again has started welcoming volunteers from abroad. Solidar India, a nonprofit organisation from France and a loyal Calcutta…
Our new outreach team has got a rather special new member - Sobhan Mukherjeee - better known in Kolkata as Padman. Sobhan, 26, who became the joint supervisor of the team…
The teachers are now halfway through a two-year teacher training programme, funded by the charity, and for some, it is the first formal teacher training they have had.The idea was the…
"I suffered not once, but twice from TB. At one point I lost all hope", said Mrinmoy.Mrinmoy Hazra was first diagnosed with the disease, responsible for 10% of all deaths…
Calcutta Rescue’s third street medicine team (SM3) hit the road this month with more than a little help from US charity, Indian Schools Alumni and Friends (INSAF ) who funded a bespoke…
20-year-old Mehrin (name changed) had no idea when she went to collect water that morning with her young son that her life was about to change forever. Although he had been…
An article about how Calcutta Rescue helped a street vendor recover from "the brink of death" has attracted some welcome attention for the NGO."Awesome" "amazing work" and "inspirational" were just…
At last, after being closed for almost two years, the government of West Bengal finally gave the green light on February 16 for schools to reopen.The announcement was made after…
A massive project in the planning for the last five months, to deliver 3,750 tons of food to the poorest people in Kolkata began last week, coordinated by Calcutta Rescue.Project…