HEADSTREAMS

Headstreams works with children, adolescents yout,h and women from under-resourced communities on improving their learning and livelihood outcomes. The vision of the organization is a world where every person has opportunities to realise their inherent potential to live a positive, confident, purposeful and socially productive life. This is achieved through programmes promoting opportunities for participants to explore, experiment, experience and enhance their capabilities in an environment that fosters security, empathy and freedom through creative means and healthy social interactions. Started in 2008, Headstreams has implemented field programs that have impacted over 15,000 children by creating play-based learning spaces in under-resourced and low income communities; empowered over 1,000 marginalised youth through employability and life-skills training; trained over 1,000 women across 52 low-income Self Help Groups (SHGs) to become entrepreneurs, and equipped more than 250 government school teachers to become empathetic, impactful teachers.

Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Karnataka (AWAKE)

AWAKE – Association for Women entrepreneurs of Karnataka was established in 1983 with a mission and vision to empower and support aspiring women to become entrepreneurs to start business and sustain them to enhance their economic and social well-being. AWAKE is an NGO registered under societies act, ISO accredited organization with 80G, 12A, CSR 1,e-anudhan and Darpan registrations. Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Karnataka is in the forefront of Entrepreneurship development from the last 41 years & has trained more than one Lakh women and Men in entrepreneurial skills and has earned National and International accolades for its contribution in this field of Entrepreneurship Development. The vision of the organization is “To develop self reliance amongst women” and its Mission is “Empowering women through Entrepreneurship Development to improve their economic condition”. While, the focus of the association is on empowerment of women from rural and urban areas, AWAKE also conducts Entrepreneurship Development Programme for both men and women under Rural Entrepreneurship Development programme and Rural Industries programme sponsored by various agencies. AWAKE believes that economic empowerment of rural poor would enable them to integrate themselves into the main stream and make available to the region vast resources in terms of motivated populace whose contributions can be channelled to ensure a dynamic, positive and vibrant social fabric. Mission: • Empowering Women Through entrepreneurship development to improve their economic condition. Vision: • To work as a team towards shared objective to reach a greater number of women through the programs of AWAKE. • Develop suitable membership program to increase member base and also to encourage members to be more active. • Policy advocacy with strong force of women entrepreneurs to influence policy makers • To provide need quality services to clients.