Close to 80,000 children are in need of care and protection and live in state-run Child Care Institutions (CCIs) in India (https://pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1794729). These are children who are neglected, abandoned or caught committing a crime or trafficked and are either unable to or waiting to get back home. Estranged from their families and communities, these children are in dire need of vocational, social and emotional support to enable access to a meaningful future.
Child Care Institutions (CCIs) are envisioned as places where these children have access to resources that enable wholesome growth. Unfortunately, due to several reasons, including lack of awareness, stigmatisation, limited resources, lack of skilled personnel and the complexities of housing children in large groups, the CCIs tend to deteriorate into places where support is required in providing a wholesome environment for the children.
Headstreams sees itself as a collaborator for CCIs under the JJ system. So far, we have facilitated sessions for over 2000 CCI children since 2018, and were able to support them even though the COVID-19 lockdowns. Through our sessions, we introduce innovative skill-building and life-skilling opportunities, including experiential entrepreneurship workshops. Help us in our mission to support and strengthen the Child Care Institutions (CCIs) in India.
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Utilization summary of funds raised last year in TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2023
| Amount Utilised (INR) | 540800 |
|---|---|
| Project Description | PROGRAM FOCUS: Sustainable livelihoods for young rural women from needy and under-resourced backgrounds in villages of Kolar District, Karnataka. |
| impact | ACHIEVEMENTS • Mobilised 9 SHGs having 107 primary interns • Set up 6 Skill Development Centres • 69 women completed 9-month primary internship • 42 contributed to their household income for the first time in their lives • 69 women learned handcrafting skills and created saleable products • An exhibition-cum-sale of the handcrafted products was conducted • 730 women from 55 villages participated in secondary internship worksho |
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.
Contact Person: Anne Thomas
Email: anne@headstreams.org
Phone: 9880440438
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