Two pre-elementary schools: operated in Ghutiari Sharif (60 students), and Chakjaggaddal (30 students), run between 6 AM - 9 AM, Monday to Friday by two teachers at each location for students between 3 -7 years. Program also includes monthly health check-ups for students, one daily snack plus school uniforms. A new elementary music program has just started in Boral.

Mothers' basic education program: on reproductive and child health, food and nutrition, intestinal diseases, and sanitation problems, 60 mothers in Ghutiari Sharif and 30 in Chakjaggaddal. They are involved in selecting food for the pre-elementary schools through a parent teachers committee, and guided by staff with experience in teaching general hygiene and school administration. Seminars are held on health and hygiene twice a year. Once the year ends, new mothers are educated in collaboration with women's group specialized in arranging seminars on public health, women empowerment, micro credit, self-help groups & disease prevention.

Dr. R.N. Bhaduri Memorial Health Centre in Naktala: Regular medical staff includes 4 doctors who work by rotation 2-3 hours a day along with one nursing aid. This building serves as the administrative office for the Calcutta operation.

Medical field clinics: Visiting weekly medical clinics are operated in 5 places -Badhe Hooghly, Boral, Raghabpur, Ghutiari Sharif and Bakultala, that checked 8432 patients. The field clinics involve 5 doctors plus field staff.

Eye and thalasemia camps: 1 ophthalmologist, 3 optometrists and TCF staff held 17 camps that benefited 1422 patients. Serum Thalassemia Prevention Federation assisted TCF in this endeavor. Patients pay a small fee to attend. Medicines are free. 1000 glasses were distributed free of cost. Additionally, 5 prevention seminars were held with support from another social group.

Basic literacy and needle work skills: Uttaran, a tailoring school for women with 2 junior teachers and 2 senior teachers currently trains 30 students 5 days a week. The trainees are cutting clothes, stitching and making the finished products. The quality of work has improved greatly. They are preparing school uniforms, vests and variety of other saleable products. An exhibition will be held in February 2011 with a help from a local organization. TCF supports the trainees to become self sustainable by implementing a micro credit system. TCF operated a program in the past In Raghabpur village that is under consideration to restart in 2011.

HIV / AIDS prevention: TCF did some ground-breaking work with sex workers in past years with a camp of 80 sex workers attended by Dr. David Hawkins. During last year, we held one seminar with a local social group. During 2011 this program will be reinvigorated.

TCF Calcutta organization and budget: The Calcutta operation has 17 staff (5 full time including a program manager); there is a voluntary board of directors who manage all programs; operation is visited by Toronto members; a donated house in Naktala serves as the central office. The TCF budget currently is about $30,000 per annum with ever increasing calls from the field for more funds.