Beto trained the kids who joined our Program at Center of Hope last week. Usually, we do training at Center of Hope in the front garden, we don’t have a proper field to train them but they are really eager to practice, so we rent a soccer field near Center of Hope for...

Apart from education, a fun and constructive environment is also important for Free and Safe to build our boys and the people who are involved in it.Games night is one of the Free and Safe programs. It's open for anyone or volunteers who want to get to know our boys...

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...

Fun day with fun kids! English and Creative classes brought their talents to show in the first ever Cipedes Got Talent! They had many talents to showcase, such as singing, dancing, storytelling performances, they even made some very creative handicrafts (starting from...

More than just a chance to have fun, play is serious business when it comes to a child's health and development. Playing is crucial in enhancing social development in children. Unstructured active play with others, including parents, siblings, and peers is a...

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...

New curriculum for English Class and Creative Class   A few days ago, together with our English teacher volunteers, we planned a new English curriculum program for children in need. Today we are holding a zoom meeting about when is the perfect time to start this...

Congratulations Rikzar! We are very proud of you! After losing both of his parents, Rikzar was forced to become an independent person. Rikzar lost his mother to cancer in 2015, and lost his father in 2016 because of a stroke. Rikzar's parents had a dream for Rikzar to...

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,...

*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...

Online Zoom Classes for creative and English classes 📚💻Due to the unfinished pandemic situation and the Bandung city government imposing protocols again, the foundation has to close temporarily. This month we are starting online classes so that the kids can still...

Friendly Game Juvenile Prison VS SSB UN Congratulations boys!! All of us are very proud of you. We have friendly game inside prison and it was a great game even heavy rain pouring on the field so bad. We won 10-1 🥳 Good job boys!

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...

When we saw the potential of women nearby us in cooking skills, we decided to hold a cooking class. Its to train and prepare them to earn more income for their respective families. Last week we got a new friend and volunteer who is a chef. He is Adji and has been...

A group from America came to visit us to find out what Free and Safe is doing in Indonesia. They also visited Juvenile prison, played futsal with the boys in the prison and share stories and life experiences that we all hope can inspire the boys and give them new...

(17 August 2023) Independence Day 🇮🇩🇮🇩 Celebration with the kids at the Center of Hope assisted by some of our new volunteers 🥳 instead of reguler classes, we held an independence contest in 2 days (Monday and Tuesday). The kids really enjoyed the event 😆 Some of them...

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...

The wonderful people of The People of Asia (pun intended) have written a great article about us here at Free and Safe, check it out! You can read the articles here:Life After Prison: Children's Journey to Free and Safe IndonesiaThe newest Story - Free and Safe: "When...

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...

Fun day with fun kids! English and Creative classes brought their talents to show in the first ever Cipedes Got Talent! They had many talents to showcase, such as singing, dancing, storytelling performances, they even made some very creative handicrafts (starting from...

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,...

    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...

We believe small acts of kindness will never be wasted. Nearly 100 women in the Women's Jail in Bandung are fasting. The fasting month feels different without the usual family. Today 5/5/2021 we @freeandsafe.id through, Free and Safe Women @fsiwomen , gave 125 takjil...

New Bike Update for Wahyu  As you already know, one of our boys, Wahyu, works in a place that is quite far from the Transition Home. It takes almost an hour by bus to get there. So we put the need out there and raised funds to buy a motorbike. Now Wahyu can go to work...

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...

MORE GOOD NEWS! Please welcome, Feriansyah! He is our new boy now living in the FSI transition home. Feri is one of the boys from the football team that coach Jorge coached last 5 years. Feri was living in Bandung with her aunt and grandmother. He is a very talented...

There is always a way to share love with others, because everyone is precious and important. A little story when we shared groceries (sembako) that we did last week. We met one of the women named Mrs. Mashita. She is a strong woman. But less than a year later she...

On April 2021, we are starting to reach out to young people who needs special guidance for character development and ways of encouraging one another in a positive way. Together we learn to be better individuals for ourselves, our families, as well as the community...

(20 October 2023) We were so grateful to welcome a youth team from America who visited us at the Free and Safe Indonesia Foundation! During their time with us, they visited every program we run from our kids’ program to the juvenile prison, and even joined us for home...

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...

Last Tuesday on 2nd february, we went to a women’s jail to visit and build relationships with each of the women who are there. About 29 women joined us to play volleyball and futsal, and they are pretty excited. We were also able to convey our expectations and our...

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...

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...

Sovian's Dream One day we had a class in the morning and gave an assignment to write on paper about the dreams they wanted to achieve in the future, also their past or anything that they want to write and share. Today we will share the letter Sovian wrote: "A few...

MORE GOOD NEWS! Please welcome, Feriansyah! He is our new boy now living in the FSI transition home. Feri is one of the boys from the football team that coach Jorge coached last 5 years. Feri was living in Bandung with her aunt and grandmother. He is a very talented...

What inspired us to create the ShareEmotion Journal? Yes, the amazing women in the women's jail! After 3 years of FSI Women holding programs in the women's prison and women's jail, we have realized that what they need is someone to give them new hope and a place to...

Games night is our family bonding night ✨🥰 Family time with our boys is one of the most important things in the transition home. Our Friday games night create fun teamwork, doing a positive activity and working together.

After some cooking training that Wahyu had passed, he began to cook very well. We are proud of you chef Wahyu, keep up the good work! Something good is coming soon 🤤🧑🏻‍🍳

Riski is a very happy kid who just turned 17 years old. His story is incredible. He is one member of a set of quadruplets. Yes, four babies at once. Sadly, one of them died. He is from a village close to Cirebon (about a four hour drive from our city.) We had the...