Using the medium of sports to educate women and instil confidence in them

Franz Gastler is the founder of Yuwa, a Jharkhand-based NGO using girls' football to promote health, education, and improved livelihoods. Franz grew up in Edina, Minnesota, and has been living in India since. Before co-founding Yuwa, his various jobs included ski & snowboard instructing, interning at the Ministry of Finance in Colombia, and working as a consultant at the Confederation of Indian Industry and in with a local NGO in Jharkhand.
He had first come to Jharkhand four years back to teach in villages and then founded Yuwa in 2009, that is now one of the largest girls' football program in India with 250 players (mostly girls), that participate and win in various international football competitions, recently secured a bronze medal at Gasteiz Cup held in Spain in July.

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