FSI Women

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...

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...

Free and Safe: Women’s Movement

We’ve known these ladies for about a year but haven’t been able to see them for quite a while because of the COVID-19 pandemic…and just recently WE FINALLY MET AGAIN! We were invited to come visit those who were preparing for the prison’s Sports Week. It was fun—their...

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...

‘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...

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...

New Whiteboard

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...

Celebrate Independence Day!

(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...

Live, Love, Crochet

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...

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...

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We’re a charity based in Indonesia focused on helping at-risk youth and and even supporting girls and women in crisis.

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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...

Shoes Project – Juvenile Prison

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...

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....

Deden

Seeing how Deden running on the soccer field is one of the things that makes us so happy and proud. keep chasing your dreams, Deden. We always support you

Let’s Make a Difference

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 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...

Where Dreams Begin : Scholarship for Grace

(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...

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...

Shoes Project

No one should have to wear shoes or sandals from a garbage bin. Students and kids are required to wear a school uniform and proper shoes and sandals. Many students wear shoes that are far too large or small for them; other students’ shoes are barely held together....

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...

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Free and Safe

We’re a charity based in Indonesia focused on helping at-risk youth and and even supporting girls and women in crisis.

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Vision & Mision

FSI Women

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...

Cipedes Got Talent

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...

Our New Boy! Deden

Please welcome Deden! He is our new boy living in the transition home.We are so happy that you are here with us. Before living in the transition home, Deden lived with his family in Garut. Deden is currently studying middle school in a public school in Bandung....

You got this, Rikzar

Another achivement for Rikzar, who has passed the selection of Regional Sports Week in Bandung (PORDA). Rikzar tired out to be on the City of Bandung team. He tired out with many others, but only few were selected. This has been an incredible opportunity, and he was...

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...

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...

Kids Class

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...

New Football Shoes

#ShoesProjectOur boys in the Juvenile Prison received 25 pairs of football shoes! Yay! We see how enthusiastic our boys in the prison are with our football practices, even the heavy rain or the hot sun does not stop them from continuing to practice football for two...

Welcome Home, Rizky

Welcome home, Rizky, our new boy at the transition house!So blessed and happy to have Rizky in our transition house, just as he joined us last week. Rizky is one of our children who is studying in our teenagers class and decided to live in a transition house because...

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...

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We’re a charity based in Indonesia focused on helping at-risk youth and and even supporting girls and women in crisis.

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Vision & Mision

DIY (Do It Yourself)

New Leather Wallet made by Rizki! We have a new volunteer who likes to make wallets, belts, and other items using leather. Yesterday Rizki learned how to make a leather wallet with his own hands, with help from Andrew, the new volunteer. Rizki was able to follow every...

2 New Boys!!

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...

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...

Live, Love, Crochet

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...

Where Dreams Begin : Scholarship for Grace

(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...

Happy Tummy

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,...

Empowering Women

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,...

Kids Futsal Training

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...

2021 #DeeplyRooted

We can't do much, especially in the midst of this pandemic, without help of the team and loyal supporters who walk together with Free and Safe. We believe when we walk together we go further 🔥🙏🏻 #freeandsafeindonesia #freeandsafeindonesiafoundation#homeofhopeandfuture...

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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We’re a charity based in Indonesia focused on helping at-risk youth and and even supporting girls and women in crisis.

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Vision & Mision

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