Free To Be Kids Girls Home authorities celebrated the Onam festival at Girl’s Home campus. This festival is made special by members of our Management Team and we celebrated in the traditional Keralean Style with Banana Leaf Curry.

Free To Be Kids Charitable Trust celebrated Teacher's Day at our Girl's Home. The girl's performed dances, songs etc and the FTBK management team arranged small gift for all teachers & home staff.  The program was finished with a delicious dinner together.

In August 2022 we ran a feeding program for 97 children in the Krishnarampur Village due to the generosity local donors.

The children enjoyed their nutritious meal and were happy to enjoy this program together with their peers! 

In the Month of August 2022, our Free To Be Kids Charitable Trust arranged a free Eye Checkup Camp at Krishnarampur  village in association with the Sundarban Eye Hospital run by the Sundarban Social Development Centre. A total of 88 (Male 32 & Female 56) beneficiaries were present. The Sundarban Eye Hospital Doctors checked each patient properly,  and after consultation and check up they arranged for 10 people to are in need of an operation that they will provide free of charge. This gift of clear eye sight is such a blessing to those who are truly in need.

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.