Calcutta Rescue Fund now is to be blessed with its own website, thanks to all who have made this possible - a special mention here to Susanna and Les. It will help CRF get its message across so much more easily to new and existing supporters. Our hard-copy Newsletter will still have its place: our Editor Sean knows well that the printed word still survive, notwithstanding the proliferation of cyber cafes. The website will enable us to reach supporters hitherto untapped; and to inform all of the most recent developments in Calcutta Rescue. CR has expanded in recent years into arsenic filtration, multi-drug resistant TB treatment and HIV/AIDS. We are the only suppliers of free treatment in West Bengal for this form of TB and for resistant cases of HIV/AIDS requiring second-line anti-retroviral drugs. Our diabetic programme continues to expand in the face of an explosion of newly-diagnosed cases. We hope to expand our educational projects in the face of enormous needs, urban and rural. And to continue to work with the Government in various initiatives - health,including family planning; and education. Where does all this fit into the 'India Booming' image? The 'Boom' resounds loud and clear only in the upper reaches of society; and, at the level of our work, social needs are not met adequately. Government funding is insufficient and private donations cannot fill the gap, faced with a population exceeding 1 billion. I appeal for your help to maintain the work of CR, now in its 27th year. Thank you, Jack Preger.

To Celebrate the launch of the Calcutta Rescue Fund website, It is our pleasure to present our Website Launch Competition.

Entry is simple and free.

First Prize, A copy of Simon Parkes & Udit Sarkhel latest Book “The Calcutta Kitchen”.

Six runners-up will receive a small selection of Calcutta Rescue Handicrafts.

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The latest version of the Calcutta Rescue Fund newsletter is available this week. Copies to our postal recipients should be dropping through your postbox any day now.

Any can view or download our latest newsletter online by clicking on the link below.

Best wishes to all our readers.

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