Headstreams: towards fullness of life, home

Our work

Build. Connect. Prepare.

Our work sits under three pillars. Our programme participant usually starts in Build, earns and grows through Connect, and gives back through Prepare. In every programme, they are helped to identify, reflect and make choices that fit their own values and goals.

Build

Asmishilp Centre for Design and Craft Education

Building capabilities for youth through creative livelihood education.

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Connect

Aalamba Livelihood Development Programme

Promoting collective power and economic inclusion for women.

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Prepare

Anu Akka's Tackle Programme(AATP)

Nurturing creative confidence in children and adolescents.

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Pay it forwardParticipants from every Build and Connect programme run the Anu Akka Tackle Caravan, creating play and learning spaces for children in their own communities.

Our earlier programmes

What we do today grew out of programmes we ran in schools and communities over 18 years.

  • Disha (2016-2020)

    Career guidance and life skills for 800+ high-school students in 4 schools; 52% changed their subject choices after the career fair.

  • Arivu (2015-2020)

    Play-based and digital learning for 3,500 children in 43 government schools and 2,500 in 12 residential schools.

  • HOLA (2020-2024)

    Learning kits for 4,500 children through lockdown, and play sessions for 2,500 children in Child Care Homes.

  • B.Voc with TISS (2018-2023)

    A vocational degree in software development for young people in Malur.

  • Let's Play (2016-2019)

    City-wide campaigns with 28,200 participations, and three International Play Conferences.

  • Aalamba SHGs (2008-2015)

    523 women in Self-Help Groups in Bengaluru and Badami, and 514 young people trained for work.

Read the annual reports