A revolving fund supported by the ILO has been set up to sustain the Vocational Rehabilitation Programme.

 Work Place Prevention

We work in partnership with TISCO Jamshedpur Airport Authorities Indian Airlines and RBI Calcutta Counsellors regularly interact with workers at these organizations offering a multitude of services to enable the worker to become productive and regular at the work place.

Harm Reduction

Needle Exchange programmes, sexual health check-ups, condom distribution, primary health care, abscess management, pre and post-test counseling, substitution clinics offering sublingual buprenorphine with day care and counselling facilities.

Self help programmes for clients on substitution and night shelters and vocational rehabilitation facilities have been created for them.

Self-Help Groups

Self help group meetings like Narcotics Anonymous (N.A.) and Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) are held regularly. A separate meeting for the families of the dependents is held weekly where the families also have access to counseling to help deal with their co-dependency.

Training

In partnership with NISD, UNODC, UNICEF, PCI, UNESCO and DFID, training programmes and workshops on capacity building are held. These programmes reach out to the police personnel; youth club leaders and other agencies working in the same field. People in our teeming metropolis often find themselves in situations beyond their grasp due to suicide, depression, misfortune, bereavement, broken marriage, addictions, feelings of intolerable guilt, rejection and psychological problems. Having been identified as Regional Resource & Training Centre (Eastern Region) by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India and UNODC responsible for the states of Bihar,Jharkand,Sikkim and Darjeeling of West Bengal .The work of the RRTC is to ensure capacity building of local NGO’s Human resources building, monitoring of the drug abuse situation, research and Behaviour Change Communication in the region.
Training Schedule

Networking

The Calcutta Samaritans has established fine networks with Government and Non Government Organizations both nationally and internationally in the field of drug and HIV/AIDS prevention and care services. We are a contributing member in the NGO AIDS Coalition, City Level Plan of Action for street children (CLPOA) and Action against Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation of Children (ATSEC).

Advocacy

Regular sensitization programmes are held with the police, bureaucracy judiciary and educational institutions to bring about advocacy.

The Samaritans in India

The Samaritans has been involved in Drug Demand Reduction for over a decade and offers a spectrum of services geared to help the client achieve Whole Person Recovery (Drug-free, Crime-free and Gainfully Employed) in Kolkata, Aizawl in Mizoram and Jamshedpur in Jharkhand. 

sion in the near future. 

Jamshedpur in Jharkhand. 

A treatment and De addiction centre is functional in Jamshedpur along side which vocational training and sustainable projects have been set up to ensure self reliance and growth.

Aizawl in Mizoram

Set in the hills of Durtlang a A treatment and De addiction centre Agape Home is functioning working closely with Society for Community Care this Samaritan initiative is also growing

The Response

The response has been overwhelming over the years. An average of ten people are befriended everyday. These include the depressed the suicidal, the lonely, the addicts as well as those with emotional, domestic ,marital and personality problems.

To Be involved

You can volunteer your services.

Volunteers need no professional experience and no age limit above 18.
They are chosen carefully for their attitudes,listening skills,warmth,and compassion.Volunteers are given training from time to time in basic counseling skills by senior staff of the Samaritans.

To Contribute

We don't believe that just donations can change lives but YOU can. We ask you not to give of your abundance - but to share.

You can support the work as an individual or as an organization. It is our endeavor not only to raise funds but also to establish friendships

The word contribute in the way we see it is sharing or someone who shares the pain, someone who is willing to stand with us and give us that much needed support.

To Reach us

Just ring 229 5920/229 9731 or our 24 Hour Help Line 216 0083 and ask for a volunteer. Unless you wish to remain anonymous introduce yourself and talk to the person on the line.

You can also write to us at our office address giving your mailing address and be sure of an immediate reply. Your identity and problem will be treated with utmost confidentiality.