Free To Be Kids Charitable Trust celebrated Independence Day within our community Programs. This year the Rotary Club of Behala joined with us to celebrate. The Chief guest, Mr. Bikash Dutta & others members of Rotary Club of Behala, hoisted the flag. After that the community children performed dances and songs. As a special gift to commemorate this celebration the Rotary Club of Behala arranged a small awareness program about the importance of using cloth bags rather than plastics. The members clearly explained the disadvantages of the use of plastic bags and the impact on our environment and health.  After that rotary club generously distributed cloth bags to all children & mothers that were present. We are very grateful to the Rotary Club for this lasting gift and encouragement to be kind to our planet.

YOUTH COMPUTER CLASSES

In the month of July 2022 our Youth Computer Classes were ongoing in the community. All the youth attended their classes sincerely. It is wonderful to hear their reports about how helpful this support is for them now and in their future.

LITERACY PROGRAM

In the Month of July, 2022 in Krishnarampur Village we continued our Literacy classes to a total of 104 women beneficiaries. The women are voluntarily and actively attending their classes. In this month, each beneficiary received a work booklet that we are using as a basis for our teaching curriculum. These booklets were generously donated by the Rotary Club of Behala who are continually supporting this project in the Community.

EDUCATION & NUTRITION PROGRAM

Free To Be Kids Charitable Trust provided Education & Meals to children dwelling in 6 different slums in the month of July 2022. A total of 158 Children were regularly attending the Education program. Also 173 children regularly attended our Nutrition Program and a total of 1560 meals were provided.

Free To Be Kids endeavours to stand beside those in need and during the month of June we were able to support an elderly man suffering from breathing problems causing him to require oxygen. For his immediate need we were able to provide our Oxygen Machine to help him to overcome his health issue. We are thankful that our FTBK team member reached this area in order to help the family.  We are happy to report that after 3days of taking oxygen this man has now returned to health.

On 26^th June 2022, FTBK arranged a small program on the event of International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking at Krishnarampur Village in collaboration with the Rangamala Memorial Development Incentive. A total of 50 children attended this program. One skit was performed, by the children residing in this village, depicting the importance of the day.  In addition to this presentation, two resource people spoke about the day's significance.  Overall, the program was very good and effective for the community.

Free To Be Kids Charitable Trust celebrated World Day Against Child Labour in our community on the 12^th June. Our FTBK Team arranged a small program at our Salt Lake Project & secondly conducted another program at our Krishnarampur Village Project. A member of our Team explained the importance of the day through basic accessible mediums. In both these Project Areas the children’s feedback was very positive and they enjoyed the day.  As part of this program within the Salt Lake Project the Tuli Foundation provided school materials that were distributed to the slum children.  We are grateful to the Tuli Foundation for the provision of these very helpful materials. 

We are happy to work in the Community with those who need a simple but significant helping hand. Sometimes in providing something as simple as a Sewing Machine we can significantly change the life of an individual or a family for the better. One such woman, who we were able to support throughout her education, and give training in tailoring, has now received the support of a sewing machine from our Trust. We were happy to help to support in this way as she and her husband were facing financial issues and requested our support for the strengthening of their family. This family unit shared with our team that in their locality tailoring work is very good, and with a machine she can earn money on a daily basis. In response to this, on the 17th June FTBK Charitable Trust happily supported this family by gifting them with a Sewing Machine to be used for the strengthening of their family.

Some of the support that we give in focussed on Children in the Community who want to study but are unable to manage the fees and resources it takes to fulfil their dreams. We are happy to say that one girl in our Community recently passed her Class 10 Board exams with 2^nd division marks. After loss of family income, due to the pandemic, FTBK stood beside this girl and kept supporting her for her future. Her new admission into class 11 & purchase of books has been done with the support of FTBK. We are happy to sponsor the education of such a worthy recipient. 

In the month of June 2022, in the Krishnarampur village, a total of 69 Women Regularly attended our Literacy classes. All women are attending their class very attentively, now the women are capable to write their name & address and they are further learning to write basic words.