OUR PROGRAMS

Five programmes. One connected model.

EIF brings together research, intervention design, community-based learning, governance engagement and advocacy. Each programme has a distinct role, while evidence and experience from one area inform the work of another.

IMPACT ON THE GROUND

Putting Our Model into Action

Turning ideas into action through learning, participation, and community engagement in villages and schools.

Young rural girls in Mohli village completing research surveys for the Evidence and Insights Unit.
Ground-Level Field Research

01. Evidence & Insights Unit

We conduct structured field research directly inside villages to document real conditions in rural households, capturing actionable evidence on community issues.

  • The Connection: These real-world findings serve as the direct input for what gets built next, feeding into the Adaptive Skills Framework and the Civic & Governance Lab.

Curriculum Design and Testing Engine

02. Adaptive Skills Framework

We translate our field research into targeted, practical skills modules and stress-test them in real community settings before broad deployment.

  • The Connection: This process delivers tested, refined curricula directly to our Learning Hubs.

Testing the Adaptive Skills Framework curriculum with joyful students in a Dharamshala classroom while a teacher observes.
Children in Sukkar village gather at an EIF Learning Hub as a young girl receives practical digital skills training on a laptop in Dharamshala.
Community Embedded Delivery Points

03. Learning Hubs

We establish safe learning spaces run by local young women who deploy the customized curricula designed and tested through our Adaptive Skills Framework while documenting new frontline grievances.

  • The Connection: These frontline observations add a direct community layer to the evidence already flowing into our Civic & Governance Lab.

System Synthesis and Accountability

04. Civic & Governance Lab

We conduct governance workshops and aggregate data from across all our programs to create structured, data-backed reports that young women present to local authorities to build accountability.

  • The Connection: These documented findings form a core strand of the material that feeds into our Advocacy work.

EIF leadership conducting a Civic and Governance Lab discussion with rural women in Sidhbari village, Dharamshala.
EIF President engaging in systemic advocacy by presenting a data-backed rural learning assessment report to the District Magistrate, Kangra
Systemic Engagement

05. Advocacy

We compile our complete body of field evidence and governance reports to present to government departments and officials to drive systemic change.

  • The Connection: The responses and new questions raised during these official meetings loop right back to form the next round of research questions for our Evidence & Insights Unit, restarting the entire cycle.

WORK WITH US

Interested in our research?

If you’d like to access our full research portfolio, collaborate on field studies, or support our Evidence & Insights work, we’d love to hear from you.