Yuwa-India

Yuwa uses girls’ team sports as a platform for social development in rural India.[1] Yuwa is one of the largest girls’ football programs in India, with 250 players, 150 of whom practice daily.[2] In 2009 Franz Gastler founded Yuwa with the financial help of his high school friends, Greg Deming, Sephen Peterson, and Erik Odland, to use football as a platform to combat child marriage, illiteracy and human trafficking among girls in rural India.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "About Yuwa India". Yuwa-India. Yuwa India. 7 Aug 2015. Retrieved 7 Aug 2015.
  2. ↑ Waghule, Pradnya (August 2, 2013). "Yuwa India show the way". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  3. ↑ Sarkar, Monica (January 23, 2013). "How football is changing lives of Indian slum girls". BBC. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
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