Education Director at Yuwa , Ranchi

Yuwa is an internationally acclaimed non-governmental organization that uses football (soccer) and education to put girls in charge of their own futures since 2009. Yuwa is registered as a Trust in India and as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization in the USA. Yuwa is based in villages in the Ranchi district of Jharkhand, where girls are especially at risk of dropping out of school, child marriage, gender-related violence, and human trafficking. Through the creation of football teams, girls gain leadership skills and confidence, continue their education, and are less likely to be forced into child marriage. Here, teamwork is a powerful force to promote health, education and improved livelihoods among the most important agents of change—young women.
 
 Almost all of Yuwa’s external representation is done by the girls themselves.
Yuwa School for Girls began in June 2015 in Hutup village, Jharkhand. The vision of our school is: Every girl’s future in her own hands. Our mission is to enable students to reach their full academic potential, develop critical and creative thinking skills, and become compassionate, empowered leaders in their communities. 
 

Yuwa has been featured in Al-Jazeera, Washington Post, Huffington Post, Bloomberg Businessweek, BBC, Sports Illustrated, Hindustan Times, Times of India, ABC News, and other media in India and internationally.
Recent awards include: 2017 Microsoft “People of Action”; 2016 India Today Digital Trailblazers Award; 2015 Cequin WOWmen Award Celebrating Men for Women; 2014-2018 FIFA Football for Hope Awardee; 2013 Barclay’s Beyond Sport “Sport for Social Inclusion” Winner; 2013 Times Now Amazing Indians Award (category: Indian at Heart); Yahoo India “12 Unsung Heroes of 2012”; NDTV Spirit of Sport Award, (“Best Promotion of Education through Sport”); 2012 Ashoka Changemakers award (all-Asia winner) for Innovative Secondary Education for Skills Enhancement (ISESE); 2011 Nike Gamechangers Award.

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