Children residing in our Girl's Home had the opportunity to increase their Creative Capacity by completing these designs on the walls of our Home. Through this project they gained a lot of fun working together as a group and also improved the overall atmosphere of their living environment. We see projects like this as an important way for children to participate in the development of the spaces around them, express their creativity and work as a team.

Free To Be Kids Charitable Trust conducted a Leadership Training Programme for all Staff and Free To Be Kids Boys and Girls. Mr. Subhasis Dey, Training Consultant of Anugraha Foundation conducted this training. It was a great opportunity for each participant to think about their own leadership skills and vision for the future.

On the 8^th March 2021 Free To Be Kids Charitable Trust organised a Free Health Check-up Camp at Vill-Krishnarampur, Amgachia, Bishnupur, Kolkata-700104 in collaboration with the ROTARY CLUB OF BEHALA &  ROTARY CLUB OF CALCUTTA CHARNOCK CITY and in association with PEERLESS HOSPITAL, KOLKATA.

We started the day with a small Inauguration Programme to welcome our chief guests. Our Free To Be Kids Charitable Trust Founder gave special welcome to Miss Leena who completed her Nursing Degree through the support of FTBK. She attended the program to help as a volunteer and give back for all the years of support she has gratefully received. Our Free Health Check-up Camp started with an explanation of all protocol and guidelines of COVID -19 safety. A total of 100 people participated in this camp with most coming from our Literacy Training group that runs this area.

Temperatures were checked, masks were given out and sanitiser was available for all participants. Each participant also received the special gift of an apple to take home for their better health. Every participant had their weight, height, blood sugar and blood pressured checked. Participants had the opportunity to consult with a Gynaecologist and were given advice on how to maintain their best health, especially through a nutritious diet. Electrocardiographs were also completed for each participant with the follow up consultation and advise given by the Cardiologist. The Drs gave suggestions for any medicine or further tests the participants made need in the future. In this pandemic situation, this Free Health Check-up Camp is very valuable for people living in this area and each participant greatly benefited from this camp.

Special thanks goes to the generous donation of time from each Dr who consulted, Peerless Hospital and the members of the Rotary Club Behala and Rotary Club Calcutta Charnock City. 

Special Thanks goes to Sugata Mazumdar, President, Rotary Club of Behala, Rina Sinha Roy, Zonal Secretary, Zone 20, Rotary International District 3291. Bharati Chatterjee, Director, Club Service, Rotary Club of Calcutta Charnock City. Shuvranshu Mitra, Secretary, Rotary Club of Behala. Dr. Lovely Das, Gynaecologist, Peerless Hospital, Kolkata and Dr. Riya Halder, General Physician, Peerless Hospital, Kolkata and technical support person Mr. Jakir Houssion and Sr. Seema from Peerless Hospital, Kolkata and Mr. Sanjit form Peerless Hospital.

105 youth boys and girls are attending our computer classes at our Balarampur Project. The beneficiaries are attending the classes on Saturdays. The teachers conducts their classes over two shifts according to the students availabilities at 7 am till 8.30 am and 8.30 to 10 am. 

Our Non – Formal Education and Nutrition Programme is conducted at seven slums of the Salt Lake area. Beneficiaries are underprivileged children. They are receiving healthy food. This month 591 meals were provided within seven slums to the children. The majority of these children are attending our Non – Formal Education in their particular areas from Monday to Saturday. Apart from the free Nutrition Programme the children are attending Free Tuition Services from our talented and skilled teacher!

We are very happy to share that Mr. Mitra became a local donor from the community. He, and his family, arranged a special lunch for all the Free To Be Kids Boys, Girls and Staff during the Puja Holidays. The Children and Staff enjoyed the delicious lunch i.e. steamed rice, dal, pui shak with prawn, panner curry, cauliflower with potato curry, rui fish curry, chicken curry, tomato chutney, papad, salad and ice cream!

Our Social Work Team conducted a session on Bengali News Paper Reading. They used this time to encourage the children to select their favourite topic, analyse the topic and share their finding with the audience.  All the children enjoyed this session and the opportunity to practice public speaking.

Our team provided a Vocational Training Programme in the form of cooking classes within our Free To Be Kids Children’s Homes. Both the Boys and Girls had the opportunity to learn how to make Alu Kabli, Egg Rolls, Flower cakes and Biriyani. They enjoyed all the classes with great enthusiasm and fun.

The BEHALA ROTARY CLUB provided special puja gifts to all the Free To Be Kids Boys and Girls. 11 girls received Kurtis and Leggings and the 3 boys received T – shirts and Trousers. This was a great blessing to the children and the gifts were received with my joy and appreciation.  The children expressed their thanks by presenting the Rotary Club Members with a card and words of appreciation.

The Children enjoyed participating in Indoor and Outdoor fun & games i.e. Musical Chairs, The Drum Game, Balloon Games, Treasure Hunts and Hide and Seek games. These activities helped to make their Puja Vacation so enjoyable.