By Jaydeep Chakraborty | Calcutta Rescue's CEO
Our Vision
Our Vision expresses the future we are striving to achieve.
Calcutta Rescue will continue and develop its decades-long programme of essential help to people in the harsh conditions of poverty in Kolkata. We will provide free health care, education and ways of combating poverty until people who are disadvantaged and neglected achieve universal and affordable high quality health care together with full educational opportunities for their children.
Our Mission
Our Mission is the means by which we will achieve the vision
To provide free high quality medical, education and employment services to the poorest and most excluded people of Calcutta with the practical support and care which provides for their health and survival, together with opportunities and routes out of poverty. We
will work to achieve the lowest possible cost for our services and administration so that more people can be helped with the funds we have.
We will
• Provide all our services free to the destitute poor of Kolkata and West Bengal.
• Improve levels of health, education and earning opportunities for current and new service users.
• Provide health clinics, schools, vocational training and preventive health programmes.
• Provide ‘Health Plus’ and ‘Education Plus’ services which also provides food and practical help with daily life.
• Monitor the impact of our services and respond to changing and new needs.
Our Values
• All people have equal rights to health, education and hope.
• All people have strengths and assets.
• It is possible to make a positive difference in the lives of poor people and their children.
• A well-trained and motivated staffmakes a difference in the lives of the poor people.
This means that Calcutta Rescue:
• Treats all our service users with respect and as equals.
• Offers services to people irrespective of age, gender, caste, creed or religion.
• Always provides services free of cost.
• Empowers our services users to effectively manage their health and general well being.
• Treats the whole person with our ‘Health Plus’ and ‘Education Plus’ services.
• Works to fill gaps without duplicating services offered by others.
• Demonstrates compassion, support and concern for our service users and their families.
• Aims for the highest level of integrity in all its activities.
• Aims to provide services of the highest possible quality on which service users can rely.
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