NEWSLETTER

NO. 43

Spring 2006

PO BOX 16163

CLAPHAM, LONDON

SW4 7ZT

Tel: 01895 823748

Registered charity no. 290917

Calcutta

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Welcome to the summer edition of the Calcutta Rescue

Fund newsletter.

In this issue we have a special focus on the people that

your charity is working with in Kolkata. With so many pro-

jects, and tens of thousands of needy people turning to CR

for many different types of assistance, it is easy to forget

that it is all about individuals – not numbers.

Every patient who attends the clinics, every child in CR

schools, every person in an employment project, has their

own dreams, background, potential and problems.

In these pages you will meet Ronojit Das, a 10-year-old

boy with quadriplegia who is learning to walk again, and

Sailen Banergee, 16, who mentors other children to help

pay for the books he needs to fulfill his dream of becoming

a doctor.

Then there is Mr Bholu who is recovering from terrible

electrical burns, thanks to support from Tala Park.

Indira Jha, 42, a mother of four, is suffering from a rare

type of cancer and is hoping someone will help pay for the

Thalidomide therapy she needs to give her a chance of life.

And then there is Pintu Das, a bright 18-year-old student

who has won an essay competition that may help him fulfill

his desire to become a teacher.

They are just a fraction of the lives CR touches every

week – thanks to your ongoing support.

It’s all about people in Kolkata

Ronojit Das, 10, first arrived at Tala Park

to see the physiotherapy department last

November with quadriplegia resulting

from Gullain Barrie Syndrome – a sudden

and acute inflammatory demyelinating

polyneuropathy which results in weakness

of muscles and can be life-threatening.

The boy was carried by his mother to

the clinic.

Because the family live far away, each

time they come to the clinic they have to

travel to town one day before and stay at

Ronojit’s grandmother’s house.

At first Ronojit had no sitting or stand-

ing balance. Reflexes were absent and

muscle power was very low in both upper

and lower limbs.

His mother was terrified that Ronojit

would never walk again.

? See Page 2

Ronojit’s remarkable recovery