There are many reasons to learn how to crochet, but one of the things driving a lot of new people to the craft is the fact that it offers a number of health benefits. The tactile pleasure of the yarn, the rhythmic nature of the crochet stitches, the combination of...

(8 September 2023) Watch here : https://youtu.be/b8PnHMbiw68?si=og8pyLlCKclz5VJG Grace used to attend a public school with B accreditation. She was quiet, hardworking, and full of potential. When we met her, we saw more than just a student, we saw a dream waiting for...

The boys who joined FSI program are being given psychological counseling with professionals from our partner @get.kalm to help manage their mental health. Kak Exa from @get.kalm who provides psychological guidance for the boys creates a comfortable counseling...

    It's such a fun experience learning pottery with Free and Safe Indonesia, starting from learning to shape ceramic manually by hand to shaping using a pottery wheel! 😆You didn't have a chance to join our first class? Free and Safe is holding another...

Many imprisoned women are mothers and are usually the primary or sole provider for their children. When a mother is imprisoned, frequently the father does not continue to care for his children, resulting in large numbers of children being institutionalized. In a...

Something good is coming!​​​​​​​​This week we are starting to do second batch cooking training with different locations in the village area.​​​​​​​​We are thinking about how we can help them to have income while they are struggling with a financial problem. Because...

*This is a news update for our previous news "SharEmotion Journal" We sincerely thank you for being a part of our #sharEmotion Movement! 💖 We have successfully sold 28 #sharEmotion journal packs per January 2023. - 15 packages of journals distributed to women in jail...

We can't believe 2021 will end in a couple of weeks 🔥✨We had our last teenagers class this week. We gathered at one of the malls in Bandung and had dinner together. We shared being grateful for this year, a challenging year for us when enjoying the meal.Things...

We are constantly on the move to help our women friends through a story. Where every journey begins, they spill their hearts into writing that becomes a story. With this story, we can empower each other, love and be there for them.

What a good game! Last week, FSI Bali had the opportunity to make an annual futsal tournament to celebrate National Children's Day. The tournament was held by FSI Bali, Putra Pemenang Bali, and Brave Bali. In total there were 8 teams that participated, 2 of them are...

FSI Bali works with three different partners LPKA Karangasem (Karangasem Juvenile Prison), Brave Bali, and FC Bali to coach futsal for the boys and juveniles. The boys in prison regularly practice football with our English class students 🏝⚽️

(11 November 2023)Beacon Community Care holds classes for FSI Kids and FSI Women ✨ The topic is 'Building Your Future'. The aim of this class is for community empowerment in the fields of education and waste management to protect the environment as an investment for...

Today Free and Safe Indonesia was invited to attend the Gathering Partners and the Strengthening of Class 2A Women's Prison Guardians in Bandung. This event was to express gratitude for the cooperation of foundations or other organizations that help, foster and become...

Free and Safe Indonesia Attempts to Break GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS for The Longest Marathon Playing Futsal with "Stop Human Trafficking" Theme On April 26-29, 2024, at the Gymnasium UPI, Free and Safe Indonesia attempted to break the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS for the...

(6 September 2023) We had the opportunity to bring a football team from outside the prison to play against our team from inside Bangli Drug Prison. The coaches also took part in this match....

We can't believe 2021 will end in a couple of weeks 🔥✨We had our last teenagers class this week. We gathered at one of the malls in Bandung and had dinner together. We shared being grateful for this year, a challenging year for us when enjoying the meal.Things...

Happy National Children’s Day 2020! On special day, Free and Safe Indonesia Foundation who were asked to attend an event for National Children’s Day event and meet the head of all Correctional Institutions in Indonesia, Vice Governor of West Java, Mayor of Bandung,...

This is what the boys in Juvenile Prison have been waiting for! We are donating new soccer shoes and uniforms for them to get them even more excited about training! Hopefully when they release from the prison, they can have a better future and can pursue their hobby...

Some stories from women’s jail 🌸🌼Each woman has their hope, struggle, and wishes. They want to reach it all one day. Let's take a look and send quick love by praying, comment with encouraging words in this post or reach out here to know more about their stories so we...

Yesterday, while training and visiting the women's jail, we handed over the whiteboard for our activities there. This whiteboard will be our tool for teaching English purposes. With the proceeds from the foundation and jail funds, we are grateful to provide the...

During the current pandemic in the city of Bandung, we are trying to empower the community. We found Ibu Sari, one of the mothers who lives near our foundation and needed help.    Ibu Sari has typhoid and has not been able to work for months because she's sick,...

We conduct the kids' classes to hone their abilities from their tender age. Hopefully, they can read and write fluently. Like kids in general, we provide lessons that are not monotonous and fun. By this, they don't get bored and still enjoy learning in class. By...

Today Free and Safe Indonesia was invited to attend the Gathering Partners and the Strengthening of Class 2A Women's Prison Guardians in Bandung. This event was to express gratitude for the cooperation of foundations or other organizations that help, foster and become...

The Ministry of Social Affairs of Indonesia visited our organization, the Free and Safe Indonesia Foundation. During their visit, they learned about the programs we offer to support children and families in need. We had a great discussion with the Ministry's team...

We had a group from America consisting of 5 members and a native volunteer. We invite them to visit and take part in some of the programs we run at FSI. One of them, they visited the Kids class at the Center of Hope and saw learning activities there for elementary...

(8 September 2023) Watch here : https://youtu.be/b8PnHMbiw68?si=og8pyLlCKclz5VJG Grace used to attend a public school with B accreditation. She was quiet, hardworking, and full of potential. When we met her, we saw more than just a student, we saw a dream waiting for...

These women would like to thank you for their SharEmotion Journal Book that they were able to get with your support. YOUR purchase enabled us to share love that can benefit women to have better confidence, an increase in productivity, and better socioemotional health...

This is a story of Risky, one of our boys that already released from LPKA. He was participated in football training activities while at LPKA. Even Risky has a difficult past, it doesn't determine his future. Last week he has contacted us and telling about his life...

We are very grateful to Proteam Indonesia for being a donor for the sports equipment for the boys and women in jail, and for every sport activity at the Free and Safe foundation. Today we received extraordinary assistance from Proteam Indonesia, such as:⚽️ 30 futsal...

Free and Safe Indonesia with Free and Safe Indonesia Women held a crochet class today, January 19 and 26. Anggreani, who is good at crochet, is now teaching other mothers to learn crochet. Anggreani is one of the women from Free and Safe Women friend. Some of the...

We've had some wonderful help from locals in Bandung who helped design a line of t-shirts for us. You can now order those online, if you're in Indonesia and from outside Indonesia, and we'll get them to you! Buy them on: The People of Asia social marketplace Tokopedia...

All children deserve to grow up in a home with safe, stable families, receive a quality education in safe, supportive schools, and participate in peaceful, thriving communities. We, Free and Safe is here for them. Last week we gave hygiene items such as : Soap Tooth...

FSI's Bali Update 📣We would like to say thank you to our supports who have given shoes to be distributed to our boys at the juvenile prison in Karangasem, Bali.FSI Bali distributes shoes for the boys so that they can practice football or do their daily activities...

This year, Jorge Márquez, the founder of Free and Safe, received an award from Mexican foreign affairs as the “Distinguished Mexican” this was later given and celebrated by the Mexican embassy in Jakarta. Jorge became an influential Mexican in the social world as Free...

(28 August 2023) We decided to help Reza by giving him a job at Free and Safe. Now Reza has joined the FSI staff team and helps us with household chores. We are grateful to welcome Reza to our team. Hopefully, Reza can become a more responsible and independent person....

Free and Safe keep growing to help more people in Indonesia, getting more considerable means more responsibilities and needs. One of the most important needs in Indonesia is rice. 800 kg of rice, can be used for consumption in our Transition Home and program needs....

A new class at Free and Safe.We open Reading Classes for kids who are not fluent in reading yet. Our goal is to prepare kids who are about to go back to school but have difficulty in reading. Their mothers also said it is quite difficult to teach kids to read by...

This week has been super busy for some women in getting catering orders. They cooked more than 40 boxes of lunch and ordered for four days. The taste of delicious, healthy, and hygienic food is satisfying for all of us. With the order of 40 more food boxes coming in,...

Many imprisoned women are mothers and are usually the primary or sole provider for their children. When a mother is imprisoned, frequently the father does not continue to care for his children, resulting in large numbers of children being institutionalized. In a...