Calcutta Rescue Report NGO

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Contact Person: Dr. Gazi Mohibor Rehman

CEO, Calcutta Rescue

Contact Details: (9830022631)


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NGO Project Report

By Jitesh Daga

ABOUT CALCUTTA RESCUES

ESTABLISHMENT

In 1979, a British doctor, Jack Preger M.B.E. started a street clinic on

Middleton Row to treat the most needy and poorest of the people

living in the streets and slums of Kolkata & rural west Bengal.

Tourists, who passed by, stopped to help him and when they

returned home they set up groups of volunteers in their own

country to raise money to support Dr Jacks work which over the

years has evolved into Calcutta Rescue.

Calcutta Rescue is a non-governmental charitable organisation

operating in Kolkata and rural Bengal, providing free medical care,

education and development support to the regions poorest and

most disadvantaged people irrespective of gender, age, caste or

religion.


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Healthcare and education are at the core of its activities. CalcuttaRescue provide free treatment for people suffering from a widerange of chronic and acute diseases and conditions, including

leukemia, tuberculosis, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, HIV / AIDS,malnutrition, wounds, infections and disabilities. They also providefree education to children who lack access to proper education.

Today, Calcutta Rescues infrastructure encompasses:

Four urban outpatient clinics offering primary healthcare aswell as specialist medical programmes. (Tala Park, Belgachia,Chitpur and Sealdah).

Rural clinics delivering Preventive health care & treatment forTuberculosis as part of the Government TB Control Programme.

Outreach programmes (mobile clinics, street medicine andhealth education).

Two schools offering and supporting education to over 500under-privileged children.

A safe drinking water programme.

A vocational training programme creating sustainableemployment.

A Fair Trade certified handicrafts workshop in Kolkata andtwo hand weaving mills in the rural area.

Rural and urban tuberculosis treatment centers operatingunder WHO guidelines of the Direct Observation Treatment

Short Course (DOTS) initiative.


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STAFF

Calcutta Rescue currently employs approximately 170 staff,

operating under the auspices of a supervising Governing

Council and Consultative Board. It consists of approximately:

30 Health assistants, 38 General assistants, 17 Teachers,

Technical assistants, Store Keepers, Supervisors,

Administrators, Project Officers, Health Officers, Accountants,Drivers and Medical Officers.

The management comprises of a CEO (Dr. G. M. Rehman),

Medical Director and Project Supervisors from our three main

project areas: Healthcare, Education and Development.

It also benefits from the expertise of western volunteer

professionals who come to Kolkata to support our work.

Calcutta Rescue is registered under the West Bengal Societies

Act 1961 (Registration number S/67495 (91-92), and under the

Foreign Contributions Regulations Act (FCRA Registration

number: 147120588).

There were approximately 35 Volunteers in 2009-2010 from

outside India, working as Doctors, Engineers, Teachers,

Pharmacists, IT Specialists, Administrator, etc.


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common ailments are referred to Calcutta Rescues clinics or to

government facilities.

HIV / AIDSIt operates one of the very few facilities in the country supplying

second-line anti-retroviral treatment to HIV patients and the

only NGO to support with third-line anti retro-viral. This

treatment is life saving for those who have developed resistance

to first and second-line treatment.

Calcutta Rescues HIV clinic, primarily a treatment clinic, also

provides treatment for opportunistic infections when not

available elsewhere, vaccination as well as treatment for

associated disease conditions like Diabetes or Hypertension. All

necessary medical investigations are arranged and funded by

Calcutta Rescue at government or private facilities, as

appropriate.

Tuberculosis

Calcutta Rescue is working as partners with the Government for

Tuberculosis control under the Revised National Tuberculosis

Control Programme (RNTCP) of the Government Of India

following the Directly Observed Treatment-Short-course (DOTs)methodology of the World Health Organisation; in Ward 3 of the

Kolkata Municipal Corporation and in Tamuldah 1 Gram

Panchayat in Rural South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal

responsible for a population of 57,000 and 29,000 respectively.


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Leprosy

Calcutta Rescue provides treatment to between 15 and 20

patients daily from its Chitpur clinic to long-term sufferersfrom leprosy and its ongoing effects. The services include

diagnosis and supportive care for wound care , prevention of

disabilities and rehabilitation. Calcutta Rescue also provides

treatment for associated disease conditions like heart diseases

or diabetes; specialist orthopedic footwear; health education;

and other social and nutritional support according to the

patient s needs.

Disability

The department provides equipment such as wheelchairs,

walkers, hearing aids and other equipment as well as

outsourcing special schooling, speech therapy, psychological

counseling, physiotherapy etc. The focus is on improving

service to support clients in their own homes in the community,

rather than refer clients to residential care. The department

networks with other agencies providing services for people with

various challenges and have built useful referral opportunities

to support community based care. This disability programme

assists 120 adults and children with learning, mental, visual,

hearing or speaking disabilities.


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Mother and Child Health

The programme offers pregnant women and mothers of young

children antenatal and postnatal care, immunisations, specialfeeding for malnourished babies as well as family planning and

health education services.

If a patient needs surgery or medication, Calcutta Rescue liaises

with local hospitals or private clinics to obtain appropriate, high

quality treatment, and meets the expenses (sometimes by

finding specific sponsorship).

EDUCATION

Many children in Kolkatas slums and on its streets never go to

school. When they do, they often lack access to the appropriate

conditions material and social to study properly. Without an

education these children have little hope of escaping the

poverty trap.

The schools follow the guidelines for the state literacy

programme and cover Hindi, Bengali, English, Mathematics and

general knowledge. The classes are divided into two levels of

ability: Lower Kindergarten and Upper Kindergarten. Those

children who are of the right age and are found academically

inclined while their performance is reviewed at our school; are

sent on to formal/mainstream schools. Besides; art classes,


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sports, dancing and other extracurricular activities are also part

of the school activities. Currently, about 400 children are in the

formal school programme & receive full support while

continuing in the formal private or government schools.

Calcutta Rescue covers the costs of books, copies, school

uniforms, school bags, extra tuition and travel allowances. The

children remain linked to Calcutta Rescue and our teachers

continue to monitor their progress. They return to our schools

or coaching centres to do their homework, have extra tuition,

computer lessons or English Conversation classes.

Among other things, it provides all the students with six

monthly health screening and preventive & curative medical

services, two nutritious meals a day, clothing and

transportation support. After schooling (Class XII), the senior

students receive career advice and may choose either to work or

to study further, both with Calcutta Rescues support.

Boarding Students

Certain childrens home environment is such that they are

unable to find space to study in appropriate conditions.

Sometimes, after careful monitoring and discussion, the school

principal and psychologist recommend placing the student in aboarding school where he or she can study properly. If the

parent and child decide to accept this offer, Calcutta Rescue

funds the boarding school place. Calcutta Rescue currently has


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40 students in boarding schools, with strong demand for

further places.

SOURCES OF FUNDS GENERATED

Audited Income 2010/2011


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The major source of the funds is International Federation of

Support Groups.

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