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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...
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FSI Bali Update

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 🏝⚽️
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Gathering Partners and the Strengthening of Class 2A Women’s Prison Guardians in Bandung

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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Free and Safe FC joined Super Tournament

Free and Safe FC is our Foundation football team represented by the boys who are part of our program (Rikzar & Feri). They participate in good-level tournaments called Super Tournament 2023 ⚽ and our team made it into the top 8! Last Saturday at 8 am, Free and...
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Graduation! (Fikri, Deden, Grace)

The school year is over and this year several kids from our program have graduated 🥳 1. Fikri from The Boys program graduated from high school (SMK Puragabaya Bandung) 🎉2. Deden from The Boys graduated from junior high school (SMPN 74 Bandung) 🎉3. Grace from Kids...
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Welcome Reza!

(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....
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Suratin Cup tournament

Proud of them! Deden & Fikri a while ago took part in the Suratin Cup tournament 🏆 Deden Suratin U15 in the PERSIB Bandung team while Fikri joins Suratin U17 in the Bandung United team 😆  We will always support their hobby and passion. It's great to see them...
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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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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...
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Women’s Jail

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...
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Rice Donation

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....
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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...
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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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Cooking Class at Cikondang

Last Sunday, we did a cooking training class in Cikondang village, Kota Baru Parahyangan. This village is a place for fishing attraction in the lake near it. The village head opened his house to hold the cooking class. The purpose is to help the residents learn how to...
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WE BROKE THE GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS!

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...
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Home to Home (Indah & Nur)

(8 August 2023) We visited Indah’s and Nur’s homes with a lovely group from America. Over a shared dinner, we exchanged stories about life, encouraged one another, and created beautiful memories together. We’re always so grateful for every 'Home to Home' visit. It’s a...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Welcome Rezal!

(5 September 2023) Let's welcome Rezal who just started to live in the transition home! He had joined the FSI Boys program and helped a lot as a volunteer to teach kids classes even before joining the boys program.  This year Rezal is entering college and we are...
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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,...
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Graduation! (Fikri, Deden, Grace)

The school year is over and this year several kids from our program have graduated 🥳 1. Fikri from The Boys program graduated from high school (SMK Puragabaya Bandung) 🎉2. Deden from The Boys graduated from junior high school (SMPN 74 Bandung) 🎉3. Grace from Kids...
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FSI Bali Team Won 1st & 2nd place

Last week, we had the incredible opportunity to host a mini league at Bangli Drug Prison, in collaboration with YWAM Bali and the Bangli Drug Prison team. Five teams from four different prisons participated, showcasing remarkable talent and teamwork. We are proud to...
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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...
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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...
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WE BROKE THE GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS!

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...
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FSI Reading Class

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...
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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

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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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Wahyu’s New Bike

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...
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FSI Bali Update

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 🏝⚽️
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Friendly Match – Futsal Kids Bali

Weeks ago, our U14 team played a friendly match with other team in Denpasar, Bali. Coincidentally, Jefri is part of the trainer team from Brave Bali where Brave Bali & FSI Bali work together to give training for the kids in Denpasar, ​​Bali. It was a fun...
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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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