Annual Report 2018/19
ANNUAL REPORT 2018/19 Creating opportunities, transforming lives J Roos Photography J Roos CONTENTS From our Governing Council 4 From our Chief Executive 6 A small suitcase of huge memories 8 What happened in 2018/19? 10 Healthcare 12 Education 24 Handicrafts 32 Safe drinking water 34 Fundraising 36 Volunteers 38 Financial report 40 Compliance & governance 45 Thank you 46 Our contact details 48 Front cover: These children live in Liluah Bhagar, a bustee in Howrah, west of Kolkata. Their homes are right beside the enormous garbage dump you can see, and their animals scavenge there for food. One of our Street Medicine teams visits Liluah regularly to provide healthcare, including immunisations for children, and education about good hygiene and infectious diseases. We work in collaboration with another charitable organisation that is already providing safe drinking water, sanitation and education services to the community. Both images by Alan Joan Costa www.calcuttarescue.org 3 James James Frost FROM OUR Above: members of our Governing Council in GOVERNING 2019. Left to right: Col Amitava Poddar, Lionel Elloy, Samindra Roy, Wg Cdr Shomir Choudhuri VSM, Soumitra Bose and COUNCIL Dr GM Rahaman Calcutta Rescue started its journey 40 years back, that we have seen within the less privileged We plan to achieve our mission by: led by our founder, Dr Jack Preger MBE, from his communities we serve, we have adopted this • creating interventions aimed at inclusive growth and street clinics on Middleton Row. During the past new mission: development of communities decades, the charity has evolved, adapted and • expanding our latitude in education, with an increased overcome various challenges that came its way, Calcutta Rescue works to significantly enhance the focus on creating employability through vocational building to become a 150-employee organisation.
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