Vidyaabhivrudhi : Sponsor a child’s education
Vidyaabhivrudhi is a social partnership initiated by headstreams to ensure education to children from low income backgrounds.Vidyaabhivrudhi was started after headstreams observed that women took heavy loans from the Self Help Group and private money lenders during the months of April- May. This was to take care of the educational expenses of their children.The cost for one academic year was Rs. 6000 average so headstreams encouraged the women to save Rs. 250 – Rs. 500 separately for their children’s education rather than getting into a cycle of debt at the beginning of every academic year. headstreams provided a matching grant for the women who had saved as an incentive before the next academic year began.
headstreams supported 12 children in 2011-12, the number grew to 110 in the academic year 2012-13 and nearly 300 children have enrolled for Vidyaabhivrudhi in 2013-14.