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Standing orders – a big help

Thanks to you, our supporters, we have sent

more than six milion rupees (£75,000) to

Kolkata this year to fund Calcutta Rescue’s

medical, educational and vocational projects.

We desperately want to be able to match this

level of funding next year and on into the

future, so that all of the life-saving and life-

changing work can continue.

However, the total from one-off donations

and other sources of funding in the UK has

fallen markedly in recent years.

We are trying to address this through initia-

tives such as our new CR Gift Cards and set-

ting up a dedicated website.

But the best way for a small charity like ours

to secure the future for all of our thousands of

poor and destitute patients in Kolkata is for

supporters to set up a standing order for regu-

lar donations.

Some of you do this already and you are the

backbone of the charity.

Large or small, a regular monthly or annual

donation means we know we can count on

you.

If everyone who receives this newsletter set

up a standing order for just £3 a month, we

would be well on our way to meeting the six-

million rupee challenge.

But the more you can afford to give, the more

we can achieve.

If you are able to commit to regular giving,

there’s a form in the middle of this newsletter.

Many thanks!

Why Ganesha offers bags more to its customers

THANK YOU to everyone who supports the work of Calcutta Rescue.

Without your help none of this could happen.

Almost everyone who visits the

Ganesha shop in Gabriel’s

Wharf, next to the Oxo Tower

on London super-trendy South

Bank, walks away with a little

bit of Calcutta Rescue.

For 13 years Jo Lawbuary and

Purnendu Roy have been pro-

moting Fairtrade products,

including handicrafts made by

Calcutta Rescue’s handicraft

projects.

Their company has an office in

Kolkata so it’s easy to buy and

send to London.

Jo says they’ve been selling CR

key rings and cards for five

years.

“Now we think it’s time to look

at more CR products, especially

with the quality being so high

and there’s such a good range.”

And whatever you buy from

Ganesha, you’ll carry it away in

a CR-made paper carrier bag.

“They’ve become sought after,

collectable even,” says Jo. “We

could sell them but we don’t.

They’re special and the only way

to get your hands on one is to buy

something!”

The bags are the ultimate in

recycling, made from local

Calcutta newspapers, lined with

brown paper with cord handles

secured by metal eyelets.

“They’re very strong and, with

our bright pink name, they’re

just what we need for a walking

advertisement.”

In fact, they’re so good that

Ganesha is rebranding and using

the carrier bags as a basis for

their new look.

Ganesha is a member of the

British Association of Fairtrade

Shops.

And the name? The elephant-

headed god Ganesha is one of

the best-known Hindu deities,

the god of success and destroyer

of evil and obstacles.

You don’t have to visit London

to shop at Ganesha – just go to

their website www.ganesha.co.uk

and shop online.