Calcutta Rescue spearheads a huge food-relief project for the poor
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…
How Calcutta Rescue Handicrafts successfully empowers women
According to this Firstpost article Covid19 decimated the livelihoods of 80% of the population of India and 63% of the population had to survive on only two meals a day. Our beneficiaries are…
CR Quick Response team, Covid Emergency Box and Emergency Team will take care of the Covid needs of the beneficiaries
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…
Dakshineswar slum got its first handwashing unit
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…
KCC Paved the Way for 17 New Projects for Calcutta Rescue
Six months after people around the world took part in the Kolkata Covid Challenge sponsored, 17 projects are underway in Kolkata helping those hardest hit by the pandemic. The event…
Education on Wheels
Most children still can’t go to school in Kolkata due to Covid restrictions, so Calcutta Rescue is now taking the school to them.It has converted a school bus into a…
Physical Classes start for Board Examinees
After standing empty for eight months, the classrooms of No 10 and Tala Park schools are slowly coming back to life. The government of West Bengal is not allowing schools to…
Vocational Training Starts for Dropped Out CR Students
Eleven young people have just started high-quality vocational training courses thanks to Calcutta Rescue.They were all former secondary school students with the charity and six of them had dropped out…
CR Provides Influenza Vaccines for High Risk Patients
World Health Organization (WHO) has recently estimated that every year, 290 000 to 650 000 deaths globally are associated with respiratory diseases from seasonal influenza.The best way to prevent that…
Vaccination starts
Immunisation Programme Starts on World Immunisation Day
As the pandemic period had started, Calcutta Rescue had stopped providing vaccinations to the children of the slum community contemplating the safety of the staff. After seven months CR decided…