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16 Years Of Experience NSFI is now Act Impact

ActImpact (NSFI): Empowering Marginalised Communities Across India

NSFI empowers marginalised communities, women, economically weaker sections, socially excluded groups, through programmes, research and policy convergence across gender equality, entrepreneurship, climate action, agriculture, market development, digital literacy, education and health, aligned with national priorities.

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Problems We Solve

NSFI empowers marginalised communities, women, economically weaker sections, socially excluded groups, through programmes, research and policy convergence across gender equality, entrepreneurship, climate action, agriculture, market development, digital literacy, education and health, aligned with national priorities.

What We Do
Agriculture & Livelihoods Agriculture & Livelihoods

Smallholder farmers face unstable incomes due to fragmented markets, weak bargaining, limited adoption of climate-resilient practices.

Gender Equality Gender Equality

Rural women lack access to market-relevant skills, capital, and enterprise opportunities, limiting economic independence and decision-making power.

Climate Change Climate Change

Rural India remains vulnerable to climate shifts: low adoption of climate-smart practices and limited access to clean energy.

Health Health

Rural communities face limited access to affordable healthcare: distance, cost, and low awareness delay diagnosis and treatment.

Digital & Financial Literacy Digital & Financial Literacy

Rural communities remain excluded from digital and financial systems, limiting access to credit, savings, and resources.

Incubation & Entrepreneurship Development Incubation & Entrepreneurship Development

Rural entrepreneurs lack training, market insights, finance, and mentoring to transform ideas into viable, sustainable enterprises.

Education Education

Rural and remote learners face weak learning infrastructure (labs, libraries, digital tools) and a gap in employability skills.

Why We Do It

NSFI bridges the gap between capability and livelihood by combining training, enterprise support and market access. We build institutions, not dependencies, converging with government schemes rather than duplicating them: shifting marginalised communities from excluded to included, informal to formal, precarious to durable.

Who are we

How we work

We turn research and partnership into pathways that last: enterprise and income where the work is livelihoods, and capability, access, and resilience where the work is health, education, or climate. Every model is grounded in evidence, strengthened through convergence with governments, corporates, and institutions, and carried through incubation until it can stand on its own.

Research & Evidence Building

Every programme starts with evidence, not assumption. We study what's working on the ground, test it, and turn that learning into models designed for scale, not just for a pilot.

Stakeholder Convergence

No single actor closes a livelihood gap alone. We align with governments, corporates, and institutions, converging with schemes already active on the ground so public effort and ours extend each other's reach.

Programme Implementation

Design becomes delivery here. Depending on the theme, that means skills training and market access carried through to income, or diagnostics, curricula, and infrastructure carried through to lasting access: one connected, evidence-led pathway either way.

Incubation

Promising ideas need more than good intentions. We back them with seed capital and hands-on mentoring until the enterprise sustains itself, a model now running beyond India.

Our Projects

Videos

Hitesh's Story: A PwD Entrepreneur's Vermicomposting Enterprise

Candle Making: Project Elevate, Mumbai

From Forest Floor to Future: How Pine Needles Changed These Rural Women's Lives

Our Theory of Change: Equipping Communities to Thrive

Our Partners

SBI Card Pehel dsm-firmenich The University of Adelaide GIZ Australian Government Department of Education SAP International Finance Corporation E.I.D. Parry (India) Limited BSE AB InBev The Hans Foundation NCDEX Apollo Foundation UKIERI Tata Trusts European Union Trustea Welthungerhilfe YES Bank InfraCo Asia Signify Foundation NDDB Dairy Services Government of Kerala National Bee Board Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India Additional Skill Acquisition Programme

Media & Communication

News Reports Blogs Social Media Event

Contribute

Project Funding

Your grant is the bridge between a community's hardship and a durable way out: training that becomes income, care that becomes health. We match that trust with rigorous tracking of outputs and outcomes, and transparent reporting back to you.

Beneficiary Funding

Grants build the capacities (skills, market access, financial inclusion) that help communities move past hardship. Yet the road to self-reliance often hits unforeseen gaps: a delayed loan, a missed market window. NSFI can also facilitate direct funding to individuals, bridging exactly these moments.

Volunteer & Interns

NSFI's operational areas offer real ground to test what's learned in the classroom: management, social work, rural development. We welcome students and young professionals to bring fresh perspectives into programme design, applying their training to real challenges on the ground.

Experts & Experienced Professionals

Not every contribution is financial. Often it's mentoring, guidance, or the right advice at the right moment. NSFI welcomes experts and experienced professionals to share their specific skills and experience. We'll help match your expertise to where it can move communities furthest toward opportunity.