Calcutta Rescue

Indian charity in Kolkata, West Bengal, founded by the doctor Jack Preger and registered under the West Bengal societies act, which has worked for more than three decades with the poorest people in the city and parts of rural Bengal. Runs free medical clinics and a street medicine service treating tuberculosis, leprosy, diabetes, heart disease and malnutrition, dispenses medicines free of charge, and provides education, nutrition and vocational training for children and families together with clean water and handicraft projects.