1 Day To Go! Kolkata Covid Challenge
https://calcuttarescue.org/newsite/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/party.mp4 Saturday is the 90th birthday of Dr Jack, the founder of Calcutta Rescue, and you can send him a birthday message by leaving a comment below. For 40 years Dr Jack lived in the slums of Kolkata and devoted himself to serving the poor in any way he could – from medical care to […]
One World, One Cause
On Saturday, July 25, supporters all over the world are taking part in Calcutta Rescue’s first-ever global fundraising event – The Kolkata Covid Challenge. Kolkata has seen one of the highest rises of COVID infection recently with total 19,170 infected people by 1 July. The huge population in slums and streets are living in […]
Mental Health Matters!
“Mental health issues are as normal as physical health issues. At some point in our life all of us face problems related to mental health. Be kind to yourself & be kind to the world.” – Suchandra Chatterjee (Calcutta Rescue social worker and counsellor, MA in Clinical Psychology Calcutta University, Diploma in Psychiatric Counselling from […]
Cyclone Amphan Update: Letter from the CEO
Dear Friends of Calcutta Rescue, I know that many of you will be worried about the situation following Cyclone Amphan last week, so I just want to give you a quick update. The good news is that all our staff and schoolchildren survived the horror of Wednesday night and the impact on our own buildings […]
Calcutta Rescue Supporters knighted for 25 years of service to the poor in Kolkata
Congratulations have poured in from around the world for two of Calcutta Rescue’s most dedicated supporters who were knighted in Holland last month. Lilian Teunissen and Henk Loos were made knights of the Order of Oranje Nassau by the King of the Netherlands for over 25 years service to the poor in Kolkata. Calcutta Rescue’s […]
Kavi Varsani, Calcutta Rescue’s young supporter lost his life to COVID-19
It is with deep sorrow that Calcutta Rescue shares the news that one of its UK supporters, Kavi Varsani, has died of the coronavirus. Kavi, who lived in London, was just 22 years old when he passed away in hospital last Monday, April 27. Kavi, whose father Dhiraj helped found the charity’s British Indian Group, […]
Teachers pioneer new ways to nurture CR schoolchildren during the lockdown
Dear friends of Calcutta Rescue, I am Ananya Chatterjee, the administrator of Calcutta Rescue education centres updating you with the current happenings that is going on at CR’s No 10 and Tala Park education centres. I am writing this on the day 50 of nationwide lock-down in India which seems to get extended more. All […]
Shibu is at peace following CR’s work
Living with his 78-year-old mother hasn’t stopped Shibu Mukherjee from playing a key role since the coronavirus lockdown began, bringing medicine and food to needy patients in high-risk areas. “Our patients are so vulnerable and poor, I am compelled to go and provide them the medicines. Where will they go if we can’t help?” says […]
From a distance of 100 km, Asif reaches out to Nimtala patients
Most of the Nimtala Clinic patients live on the street, so keeping in touch with them is a challenge at the best of times – let alone during the Covid-19 lockdown. Asif Ahamed, the clinic supervisor, has taken on this demanding role. The fact that It takes him more than 3 hours for him to […]
Under Babita’s care, Calcutta Rescue TB patients are safe
Nothing is going to stop Babita from caring for her TB patients – not the lockdown, not staff shortages, not police barricades, nor even a shortage of the drugs they need daily to beat this potentially fatal disease. Babita runs Calcutta Rescue’s TB clinic near Belgachia slum, a red zone hotspot of COVID-19 cases, and […]