To be born a girl in Jharkhand, an Indian state about 700 miles southeast of New Delhi, often is to be sentenced to a life of poverty, illiteracy and violence. So when Franz Gastler, an American ...

Monaco - Ahead of Monday’s Laureus World Sports Awards, Indian sport for development programme Yuwa, an organisation which uses football to empower young girls in rural Jharkhand to overcome violence ...

What happens when a herd of young goats go grazing on new pastures and return with renewed vigour, igniting the imagination of a nation? It sparks debate. Early this week, news broke of a group of ...

Established in 2009 by Franz Gastler, YUWA operates in a little village called Hutup, near Ranchi in the northern state of Jharkhand. This NGO was started with the desire to make a difference in the ...

Yuwa girls meet US Ambassador Nancy Powell Yuwa girls meet US Ambassador Nancy Powell Franz Gastler and Yuwa India: A man and an initiative that deserve respect! Franz Gastler and Yuwa India: A man ...

“Friends,” replies Seema Kumari. “Because of football, I’ve friends from many places in and out of India. I am still in touch with a girl who I met at the Real Sociedad academy in San Sebastian, Spain ...

On the eve of Independence Day, group members pledged to impart skills to help physically challenged students get absorbed by corporate houses and start-ups in Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula.

To be born a girl in Jharkhand, an Indian state about 700 miles southeast of New Delhi, often is to be sentenced to a life of poverty, illiteracy and violence. So when Franz Gastler, an American ...