In honour of Children's Day 2023 throughout our many Programs in the Community we celebrated! Each child was gifted cake and a fruit drink and encouraged to be all they were created to be! The children also celebrated by participating in a special colouring activity and also presented dances showing their unique skills and capacity.

Free To Be Kids team run a free EDUCATION & NUTRITION program in six different slums Salt lake Kolkata for the children in need. Children of those areas get nutritious food after their tuition program. In the month of OCTOBER 2023, 154 children attended and a total 791 meals were provided to those children.

FTBK Management Team arranged an Education Tour For Young People. The trip started on 18^th October 2023 from Kolkata. The team visited Ooty,Tamil Nadu and Visited Doddabetta Mountains Range , Doddabetta Tea Factory, Chocolate Factory, Botanical Gardens, Karnataka Siri horticulture  garden, the Boat House, Tea Guardens, Nilgiri Mountains Range and experienced a Toy Train Ride. After the team reached Mankulm, Kerela they enjoyed watch Elephants, seeing the Cheeyappara Waterfalls, Forests, Dams,  Rivers, Waterfalls, Munnar, Eravikulam National Park, a Tea Museum, Mattupetty Dam, Echo Point and had a ride on an Elephant at Carmelagiri Elephant Park. The team visited Kochi city, taking in the beautiful costal sights and visiting the Police Museum, Kochi Fort area, fishing boats, Chinese fishing net and then finally on the last day the teams journey back to Kolkata took them via Chennai City where they visited Mahabalipuram Beach, VGP Marine Kingdom, Snow Kingdom and St. Thomas Mount.  Team back returned to Kolkata on the 3^rd November 2023 with lots of great memories and experiences of regional food, culture and travel.

FTBK runs this Tailoring Program for Women in the Community to help to support them. This skill empowers them to care for themselves and their families in a greater way. Spending time together with other women in the Community is a unique opportunity to bond together and support each other. CURRENTLY 16 Women are enrolled in this program.

FTBK is running Youth Computer Training in the Balarampur Village for the benefit of young people. These Youth attend this training free of cost to help empower them for their studies now and in the future. This training also has the potential to help them in their career as they pursue viable employment. Each Youth that successfully completes this training receives a Certificate to show their accomplishments and to use for their CV. CURRENTLY 44 Students are accessing this program.

FTBK runs this Literacy Program for Women in the Community to help to support them to be able to read and write in Bengali. This skill empowers them to care for themselves and their families in a greater way. Spending time together with other women in the Community is a unique opportunity to bond together and support each other. Currently 80 Women are attending this program and we are running this in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Behala.

FTBK runs this Tailoring Program for Women in the Community to help to support them. This skill empowers them to care for themselves and their families in a greater way. Spending time together with other women in the Community is a unique opportunity to bond together and support each other.  CURRENTLY 16 WOMEN ARE REGULARLY ATTENDING THIS PROGRAM. IN THIS MONTH THEY WERE PRACTISING CUTTING OUT OF OF PANTS AND PETTICOATS FROM MATERIAL. 

FTBK is running Youth Computer Training in the Balarampur Village for the benefit of young people. These Youth attend this training free of cost to help empower them for their studies now and in the future. This training also has the potential to help them in their career as they pursue viable employment. Each Youth that successfully completes this training receives a Certificate to show their accomplishments and to use for their CV. 

Free To Be Kids team run a free EDUCATION & NUTRITION program in six different slums Salt lake Kolkata for the children in need. Children of those areas get nutritious food after their tuition program. In the month of August 2023, 144 children attended and a total 1252 meals were provided to those children.