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'''Yuwa''' uses girls’ team sports as a platform for social development in rural India.<ref name="Yuwa-website">{{cite web|url=http://www.yuwa-india.org/#about|title=About Yuwa|date=7 Aug 2015|website=Yuwa-India|publisher=Yuwa India|access-date=7 January 2018|ref=YuwaIndiaAbout}}</ref> Yuwa is one of the largest girls’ football programs in India, with 250 players, 150 of whom practice daily.<ref name="DNA">{{cite news | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/1868908/report-how-football-can-change-lives-jharkhand-girls-representing-yuwa-india-show-the-way | title=Yuwa India show the way | work=[[Daily News and Analysis]] | date=August 2, 2013 | access-date=August 2, 2013 | author=Waghule, Pradnya}}</ref> 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 in India|child marriage]], [[Education in India#Women's education|illiteracy]] and [[Human trafficking in India|human trafficking]] among [[Women in India|girls in rural India]].<ref name="BBC">{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20929762 | title=How football is changing lives of Indian slum girls | date=January 23, 2013 | access-date=August 2, 2013 | author=Sarkar, Monica | publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://your_story.com/2017/03/yuwa-jharkhand/|title=This organisation is helping girl children in Jharkhand villages combat child marriage and human trafficking|last=Vaishnavi|first=Hema|date=9 March 2017|website=YourStory|access-date=8 January 2017}}</ref>
[[File:Hutup Yuwa School 1.jpg|thumb|[[Hutup]] Yuwa School]]

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=== History ===
'''Vision statement:''' 'Yuwa, which means "youth" in Hindi, works specifically with girls from impoverished families in rural [[Jharkhand]], India—a place where girls are at risk of child marriage and human trafficking. It is a program that uses team sports and education to build character, confidence, and courage. It is a place where girls who don't yet know their worth can meet to compete, achieve goals, and create brighter futures. Yuwa prepares girls to break the cycle of poverty—permanently' (Yuwa About).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.yuwa-india.org/#about|title=About Yuwa|website=Yuwa-India|publisher=Yuwa India|access-date=7 January 2018|ref=YumaIndiaAbout}}</ref>

Franz Gastler has given TEDx talks on "Sports to promote confidence in women" (2012),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv4qnnzIOXs|title=Sports to promote confidence in women|date=April 1, 2012|website=YouTube|access-date=January 7, 2018}}</ref> "The Girl Effect" (2013)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGjVE76clo0|title=The Girl Effect|date=March 24, 2013|website=YouTube|access-date=January 7, 2018}}</ref> and with Rinky Kumari "Yuwa - How football can change lives" (2015).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0fZphncH1o|title=Yuwa - How football can change lives|date=February 20, 2015|website=YouTube|access-date=January 7, 2018}}</ref>

The program was featured as a Microsoft Edge Partner, November 16, 2017,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2017/11/16/yuwa-partners-microsoft-edge-showcase-powerful-life-journey-girls-jharkhand/|title=Yuwa partners with Microsoft Edge to showcase the powerful life journey of girls in Jharkhand|website=Windows Blogs|access-date=January 7, 2018}}</ref> highlighting the new Yuwa web page. The News & Media page has a list of media articles describing Yuwa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.yuwa-india.org/news/|title=News & Media|website=Yuwa|access-date=January 7, 2018}}</ref>

=== Donosti Cup football tournament ===

Participation in the 2013 tournament helped Yuwa achieve recognition in India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.donosticup.com/donosticup/de/an-unforgettable-day-for-yuwa-and-donosti-cup.asp?nombre=5929&cod=5929&sesion=1347|title=AN UNFORGETTABLE DAY FOR YUWA AND DONOSTI CUP|website=Donosti Cup|access-date=January 7, 2018}}</ref> Their participation in the 2016 tournament in Spain was featured in a short series of four videos<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPiYoFr1oRw|title=Winning Through Failure!|website=YouTube|access-date=January 7, 2018}}</ref> by the Bollywood star [[Ranbir Kapoor]]. They were the second team invited to the 2018 25th Anniversary tournament.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.donosticup.com/donosticup/de/the-indian-yuwa-team-will-be-the-second-team-invited-by-donosti-cup-in-its-25th-anniversary.asp?nombre=7957&sesion=1347&cod=7957|title=THE INDIAN YUWA TEAM WILL BE THE SECOND TEAM INVITED BY DONOSTI CUP IN ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY|website=Donosti Cup|access-date=January 7, 2018}}</ref>

== Awards ==
Yuwa won the [https://www.laureus.com/ Laureus] Sport for Good Award in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=And the Laureus World Sports Awards 2019 Winners are...|url=https://www.laureus.com/news/and-the-laureus-world-sports-awards-2019-winners-are|access-date=2020-09-25|website=Laureus|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Yuwa|url=https://www.laureus.com/sport-for-good/india/yuwa|access-date=2020-09-25|website=Laureus|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.yuwa-india.org/}}

[[Category:Sports organisations of India]]
[[Category:Rural development in India]]
[[Category:Women's sports organizations]]

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