A group of professionals came together in 2008 to discuss issues and challenges related to the life of the underprivileged in our society. They formed a Society and registered it under the Karnataka Societies Registrations Act 17 of 1960 and named it headstreams. The name spelt out their deep concern in the areas of Health, Environment And Development, and expressed their commitment to add to the streams of development by way of Support, Training, Research, Education And Mobilisation and Society, thereby forming HEADSTREAMS. The group which included social workers, educationists and counsellors started working among the homeless and neglected children in the market places of Bangalore by contributing their time and expertise. Pooling their personal resources, though limited, they also availed the services of a full-time social worker. The activities gathered momentum over the years as several people joined the team and expanded the scope of work. Eventually the various initiatives to identify with the marginalised in their struggle to attain fullness of life were brought under one umbrella by the name aalamba meaning ‘help & support’.