On 12^th August 2022, Free To Be Kids Charitable Trust distributed education kits in the the Krishnarampur village to children who attend our Kids Club. This program was run due to the kindness and generosity of the GOONJ organisation. A total of 50 children benefited from receiving these educational kits. As part of the program the children participated in a  drawing competition showing their representation of India. 

Free To Be Kids always try to fulfil a child's dream. We are supporting one young adult with Training, Food and Accommodation. Through our support he completed his class 10 standard in this year and now he has a dream of becoming a Hair Dresser. He is now attending a diploma in Hair Designing from Keya Seth College of Beauty. In addition to this, FTBK has arranged special classes for him to put into practice his newly acquired skills. We are happy to support him in getting one step closer to his dreams fulfilled.

We are so thankful to our generous donors that supported us to purchase a necessary new vehicle for our work. Often our work takes us remote villages for community visits, home & social investigations and follow up visits for recently reintegrated children. This vehicle is necessary to achieve our goals to support children and families in need in both our Residential Care setting and within our Community Projects.

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.