NEWSLETTER

NO. 44

Summer 2007

PO BOX 16163

CLAPHAM, LONDON

SW4 7ZT

Tel: 01895 823748

Registered charity no. 290917

Calcutta

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lWelcome to the summer edition of our newsletter which is packed

with the latest information about the charity’s work in Kolkata,

plus a number of exciting new initiatives elsewhere.

First and foremost of these is the launch of the UK support

group’s own website – www.calcuttarescue.org.uk. This has been

under construction for many months and has just gone live. From

now on anyone can instantly access a wide variety of information

about the UK support group and the projects in Kolkata on this

site.

Whether you want to learn more about the projects, check out

opportunities for volunteers or make a donation, this website has it

all.

And to celebrate the launch there is a chance to win a signed copy

of The Calcutta Kitchen, a recipe book full of delicious recipes and

exquisite photographs of the city.

To take part, and to find out more about the website, turn to the

back page.

For everyone interested in Calcutta Rescue’s inspirational

founder, Dr Jack Preger MBE, there is a fascinating new online

book about him based on a series of interviews carried out by Basil

McCall. The e-book gives fresh insight into Dr Jack’s life and moti-

vation and includes his sometimes amusing, and occasionally irrev-

erent views, on a wide range of subjects. See page 3 for more.

We also carry a special feature on the mother and child health

clinic written by Susan Lee, who is a member of the UK support

group and a midwife with deep knowledge of this project gained

over many years of volunteering. Following the case of one child,

baby Mollha, we see how the clinic’s mixture of expertise, practical

support and health education saves the lives of so many desperate-

ly needy children. Turn to page 5.

There are also updates on the charity’s HIV and Aids work, the

street medicines programme, the work being done to protect people

from arsenic poisoning and an innovative play about health and

hygiene written and perfomed by CRstaff to coincide with world

TB day.

As usual we only have space for a small sample of the work that

CR, with your help, has carried out over the past six months.

Thank you so much for your support which makes all this possible.

CRF website reaches the world