Yuwa-India

[2] In 2009, Franz Gastler founded Yuwa with the financial help of his high school friends, Greg Deming, Stephen Peterson, and Erik Odland, to use football as a platform to combat child marriage, illiteracy and human trafficking among girls in rural India.

It is a place where girls who don't yet know their worth can meet to compete, achieve goals, and create brighter futures.

[5] Franz Gastler has given TEDx talks on "Sports to promote confidence in women" (2012),[6] "The Girl Effect" (2013)[7] and with Rinky Kumari "Yuwa - How football can change lives" (2015).

[8] The program was featured as a Microsoft Edge Partner, November 16, 2017,[9] highlighting the new Yuwa web page.

[11] Their participation in the 2016 tournament in Spain was featured in a short series of four videos[12] by the Bollywood star Ranbir Kapoor.