Handicraft Catalogue 2012 - Calcutta Rescue

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Contents3 Introduction4 OriginsHistoryHandicrafts UnitWeaving WorkshopVocational Training6 Wholesale7 How to BuyProduct Range8 Cushion Covers9 Linen12 Bags24 Recycled Materials30 Toys/Key Rings34 Earthen or Clay Materials36 Cards40 Mirrors42 Jewellry44 Miscellaneous46 Contact
IntroductionHistoryCalcutta Rescue has evolved from a pavement clinicwhere British doctor Jack Preger started offering freemedical treatment to the poor of Kolkata in 1979.Over the years, with the help of support groups acrossEurope and the USA, Dr. Jack’s project has grown into afully-fledged NGO.Today, we operate four clinics, two schools and severalhealth and development programmes to enhance theliving conditions and lives of thousands of people.Handicrafts UnitOur handicrafts project employs former patients, widows,women deserted by their husbands and thosewhose husbands are sick or unemployed and drop outStudents of our Schools. The project offers them a routeout of poverty by training them in a wide variety of skillsincluding sewing, embroidery and woodwork. The resultis a range of Fairtrade-certified handicrafts that are soldboth locally and abroad, and clothing for pupils at ourschools and patients of our clinics.Weaving WorkshopCR has established two weaving centres in South 24Parganas, a rural area south of Kolkata with high unemployment.The centres give training in basic weavingand provide employment for local youth from poor backgroundsas well as ex-students from CR schools. In additionto the weaving training, our trainees receive basiceducation in Bengali, English and maths.The workshops are mainly active in providing bandages,sarees & Lungis to our clinics, as well as cloth for ourhandicrafts unit and patient cloth.3
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