Twenty Calcutta Rescue students were given new smartphones on Monday 17 August- allowing them to interact with their teachers online and access a wealth of internet learning materials. Many of the 650 youngsters being educated by the charity don’t have access to smartphones which has left them at a severe disadvantage since schools across India […]
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Dear Friends of Calcutta Rescue, The situation here in Kolkata has altered dramatically since my last email so I thought it was high time to update you on what our organisation has been doing. Prior to the easing of lockdown, we put a lot of effort into refining our procedures for how we were going
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Massive thanks to everyone who supported the Kolkata Covid Challenge last month – so far we have raised an astonishing £120,000 (Euros 134,000/ 1,17,24,884 rupees!) This is by far the most money Calcutta Rescue has ever raised for an appeal and it will be used to fund the charity’s Covid-related costs over the coming year.
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https://calcuttarescue.org/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
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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
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“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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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