Calcutta Rescue has set up a quick reaction team to help people in the slums survive the second wave of Covid which is spreading fast across Kolkata which is now…
A shipment of personal protection equipment donated by people in the US has arrived in Kolkata and will be helping keep staff and beneficiaries at NGO Calcutta Rescue safe from…
Dear Friends of Calcutta Rescue,As you know, we are in the midst of a terrible second wave which is becoming more brutal by the day. For that we have been…
"I gave birth to triplets. Three daughters. All of them were severely underweight. One of my daughters died that day." said Hajera, clutching Farzana, her sole-surviving daughter, tightly. Not long…
"I am HIV positive. I have two children, one of them is HIV positive. I live with my parents after my husband died. My in-laws kicked me out. I have…
Calcutta Rescue Handicrafts have started “Restoring the Livelihoods Project” for those people, especially women who have lost their jobs during the lockdown period.They learn embroidery, tailoring, making garments and masks.…
Hundreds of people in a Kolkata slum are able to wash their hands properly for the first time thanks to a partnership between Calcutta Rescue and UK NGO Every Well…
Calcutta Rescue has been awarded the prestigious Ladies Study Group (LSG) Charitable Trust Annual Award 2020 for its outstanding contribution to Kolkata’s poorest people during the pandemic.Ladies Study Group is a…
The largest and most detailed study of deprivation in Kolkata’s slums for 20 years has just been published. The study of 23 slums carried out by Calcutta Rescue shows that there…
"How are you, my girls?"That was my question to a group of five vivacious students of Class XI I bumped into on my way back home from our School-1 education…