New Boy, Feri!

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...

FSI x JAC

The holiday break is over, online school starts tomorrow, and the FSI office will open again. To begin the new year on the right foot, we had a day of fun activities and team building for the boys and FSI staff. We were hosted by Java Adventure Co., an amazing travel...

Free & Safe article on The People of Asia

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...

A Journey of Impact: Youth Team from America Visits FSI #FSIChangemakers

(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...

Teenagers Class

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...

National Children’s Day 2020

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,...

Deden accepted into a private high school!

Finally, Deden was accepted into a private high school in Bandung and had already bought his school supplies, such as uniforms and a ceremonial hat! He will start attending school on July 24. We hope he can follow the lessons well and feel comfortable with his new...

New Boy

Meet Wahyu our newest boy to join the Free and Safe family. Wahyu is 21 years old and has already been staying in our transition home for almost 2 months 🙌🏻✨ Wahyu is the seventh of eight children, who comes from Cicalengka, a small town in West Java  Apart from being...

Ceramic Experience

    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 Won!

Congratulations to our boy, Deden. He and his team won a championship at FJL Jawa Barat U-13 First Division. They competed in Purwakarta and won the league 🏆⚽️We are so proud of you! Keep up the good work.#freeandsafeindonesia...

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Thank You Proteam

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...

Karang Asem, Bali

Today we have an exciting news coming from Bali!Two days ago, one of our staff visited the juvenile prison in Karang Asem Bali. In Karang Asem juvenile prison there are about 20 teenagers who are imprisoned. The FSI staff together with Brave Bali were very well...

Update! SharEmotion Movement 2023

*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...

The Mailbox

The Mailbox!! Shout out to our creative volunteers who have been teaching the girls for more than a month. Besides having English class, fun dancing class, and singing class, among others, the kids recently made a mailbox for the class. Every meeting our volunteers as...

Governor of West Java, Ridwan Kamil

Free and Safe team with Governor West Java Indonesia Mr. Ridwan Kamil, The heads of departments of Youth and Sport and Social Service.Indonesia does not have a specific program where juveniles newly released from prison get jobs, finish their education, or receive...

Group from America visited Juvenile Prison

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...

The Boys went to Tangkuban Perahu

The boys went to Tangkuban Perahu Mount with a group from America! To get there, they need to walk down a long flight of stairs, but it all pays off. The view was amazing, there are forests and valleys. They also soak their feet in a pool of hot water while also...

Ceramic Workshop

For Women and Economic Development Program We made a ceramic workshop that is open to the public since the end of 2022. This ceramic workshop has a purpose to invite and involve people in helping the women & economic development program in Free and Safe. We want...

50 Sembako to support Bandung City Social Service

Last week we are involved to support Bandung City Social Service by donating 50 Sembako for nursing home, containing staple food items such as rice, cooking oil, granulated sugar, instant noodles, tea bags, and instant coffee. We hope that the people who receive these...

Happy Graduation, Boys!

It was a sad but proud for this Saturday night. Three of our boys in the transition house; Jayadi, Riski, and Sovian graduated from the transition house of Free and Safe Indonesia foundation. They have accomplished their stay in the transition house doing a really...

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English Village

We are so happy to see Rikzar and Feri having fun in English Village Bandung learning the English language! 🤭 For more than one week they took classes, meet new people from different places, and introduced themselves to many people even though their main language...

Welcome Home Bu Asih

Life After Prison: Women’s Journey to a Free and Safe FutureAsih from Bandung Detention Center has finally completed her prison term and she is ready for a new life #SECONDCHANCE. Many things shaped Asih during the process. Her family is one of the support systems for...

Pledge United

Today was the last day of the Pledge United program that we ran with our boys in the Juvenile Prison. Pledge United is an experiential football program that uses football to make boys aware of the issues of gender based violence within Indonesia. The hope of Pledge...

‘Week without walls’ by BAIS

They call it 'Week without walls'. An annual program from an international school, BAIS, where deliberately free up 1 week to serve the city and community instead of studying in a classroom. All students at school will be divided into several groups and each group...

sharEmotion

Here it is !! This is the day ✨ New women's program! After all this time we had a program in prison we found that the thing that was most needed to empower them are friends! Yes, they need friends. Friends who are there for them, pray with them, play volleyball,...

FSI Got Talent!

FREE AND SAFE [Cipedes] Got Talent!! ✨ At Cipedes Got Talent, we had a group from Singapore visited and performed a song! The kids were very enthusiastic and jumped up and down when the group from Singapore performed. We’re very happy for this group from Singapore who...

Leather Craft Training – The Boys

Fikri and Reza took part in a short 2-month training starting in May to make handicrafts from leather materials with Andrew. The training is held 2x a week every Monday and Thursday. Fikri and Reza was taught how to make a wallet at their first meeting, and how to...

Kids Class with A Group from America!

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...

FSI x JAC

The holiday break is over, online school starts tomorrow, and the FSI office will open again. To begin the new year on the right foot, we had a day of fun activities and team building for the boys and FSI staff. We were hosted by Java Adventure Co., an amazing travel...

Jorge Gets a Reward

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...

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Creative and English Class Graduation

Finally, the girls class managed to hold their performance graduations for the classes of of Creative Arts and English yesterday afternoon. Of course, with the Covid 19 health protocols, all guests must wash their hands, have their temperature checked, always wear a...

FSI Working with Indonesian Goverment

Free and Safe is working with the Indonesian Government of the Ministry of Social Department from the City of Bandung and the province of West Java.Free and Safe have sent 165 pairs of new shoes to be distributed to people in need. We believe that by working together...

Wahyu and Sovian

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...

Bangli Prison Futsal Match!

(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....

FSI Bali English Class

News from FSI Bali! English language education is important in Indonesia but not always easy for students to receive. We have put more focus into providing English classes for those who may not have the access to learn English. In addition to the activities at the...

‘Week without walls’ by BAIS

They call it 'Week without walls'. An annual program from an international school, BAIS, where deliberately free up 1 week to serve the city and community instead of studying in a classroom. All students at school will be divided into several groups and each group...

Group from America visited Juvenile Prison

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...

Riski’s New Glasses

One of the boys in our teenagers class has eyes that are not functioning properly. We decided to get him new glasses. His old glasses had broken, and while in class Riski was struggling. He was a pretty diligent boy, but the problem was that it was difficult to read...

Buy our T-shirts, change a life!

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...

Update! SharEmotion Movement 2023

*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...

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