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Calcutta Rescue
 
Tag Line/ Slogan
Caring for the under-privileged
 
Also Known As : Acronyms/ Abbreviation/ Other Names
  • CR
Organisation Primary Email Address
info@calcuttarescue.org
Organisation Website
https://www.calcuttarescue.org/
Organisation Type
  • Direct Service
GuideStar Number (GSN)
3554
Darpan (NITI Aayog, Government of India) ID
Id as per NITI Aayog
GuideStar India Certification Level
NA
Address
85 Collin Street
4th Floor
Kolkata
Kolkata
West Bengal
700016
Address proof.pdf
Telephone
91
-
33
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22175675
   

   

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Programmes

Programme Title
Description
Health Programme
State
  • West Bengal
District
  • Kolkata
In our health project CR runs three outpatient clinics providing free medicines and related services for a host of conditions. Patients from urban as well as the rural areas visit our clinic. The clinic provides screening of new patients referred from Government Hospitals, high quality treatment for specialized diseases, wound dressing, and health education.
Treatment for special categories of patients –suffering from Cancer, Aplastic aneamia, Thalassaemia, Neurological Disorders, Tuberculosis, Multi – Drug Resistant Tuberculosis, Thyroid disorder, Wilson’s Disease, Respiratory Disorder, Diabetes, Cardiac problems, Rheumatology and renal failure. Medicines which are not provided by government hospitals are supplied free of cost to the eligible patients.
No. of people employed : 70
Total expenditure in 2014-15 Rs 2.8 crores.
Education Program
State
  • West Bengal
District
  • Kolkata
The schools of Calcutta Rescue help underprivileged children, by providing educational facilities to such children. Children join the two non formal schools – School Number 1 and Talapark School, providing preliminary education for children aged 4 to 6 years. Our program prepares the children for admission into government schools and provides full support throughout their school life with nutrition, educational material, health screening, computer classes and extracurricular activities. Calcutta Rescue supports the education of over 600 underprivileged students in different mainstream (formal) schools..
No. of people employed : 33
Total expenditure in 2014-15 Rs 91 Lakhs.
Handloom & Handicrafts Project
State
  • West Bengal
District
  • Kolkata
The Handicraft project was started to provide employment for people whose opportunities for work were severely limited owing to illness. It operates from a workshop in the Sova Bazaar area of North Kolkata.. Students who have had difficulty with academic education or dropped out of school are also employed.
The Handicrafts project has 29 trainees, all former patients from our clinic or drop-out students from our schools – in addition to the 12 regular daily staff. The project produce a wide range of handicrafts that are sold both in India and abroad and also makes clothes for the patients and students at Calcutta Rescue’s Clinics and schools. The Handicrafts Project also works closely with our Weaving Project using the cloth that has been spun and woven there. This project provides vocational training for rural youth. The weaving project employs 9 trainees and 3 staff.

Total expenditure Handicraft Rs 17 Lakhs
Total expenditure Weaving Rs 12 Lakhs
( Figures for FY 2014-15)

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Financial profile

 
2015
2015
2014
Total  
Assets
540.5
0.0
540.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
465.4
0.0
465.4
Total  
Liabilities
540.5
0.0
540.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
465.4
0.0
465.4
Total  
Income
574.5
0.0
521.0
Total  
Expenditure
497.0
0.0
479.5
Total  
Receipts
914.9
342.3
572.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
810.3
286.3
524.0
Total  
Payments
518.0
0.0
468.0

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Organisation Profile

Brief Description
Calcutta Rescue (CR) is a non – governmental organization (NGO) operating in Kolkata and parts of rural West Bengal for over three decades. Calcutta Rescue provides free medical care, education and development to the poorest and most disadvantaged people of Kolkata and rural West Bengal irrespective of gender, age, caste, or religion. CR was adjudged the joint winner of the BEST NGO (medium sized) in India by the Resource Alliance and the Rockefeller Foundation in 2009.It is registered under the West Bengal Societies Act 1961 (Registration number S/67495 (91-92), and under the Foreign Contributions Regulations Act ( No 147120588). All donations are 100% exempted u/s 35AC of the Income Tax Act for corporates and u/s 80GGA for individuals.

Number of Full Time Staff
131

Number of Full Time Volunteers
0

Year of Establishment
1991

Head of the Organisation
Name
Designation
Email
 
Barrister Gautam Chakraborty
Chair Person
info@calcuttarescue.org
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Organisation Contact Person
Name
Designation
Email
 
Jaydeep Chakraborty
CEO
ceo@calcuttarescue.org
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Registered Address

10 Nilmoni Mitra Street
Girish Park
Kolkata
Kolkata
West Bengal
700006
ITR 5 AY 2015-16.pdf
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