An American, Franz Gastler, is teaching young Indian slum girls how to improve their lives through the game of football. Monica Sarkar reports from Mumbai.

Mr Gastler, 30, is from a middle-class family in Edina, Minnesota, but for the moment, he has swapped his comforts for the dust and grime of Indian slums.

He divides his time between Ranchi, the capital of the eastern state of Jharkhand, and the western city of Mumbai.
A graduate of Boston University, he joined a non-governmental organisation in 2008 which brought him to Jharkhand.
The state is one of the poorest in India with one of the highest rates of illiteracy, child mortality and malnutrition.

Extraordinary life
Softly spoken, simply dressed, with blonde hair and blue eyes that stand out a mile in India, Mr Gastler has chosen an extraordinary life.

While working for the NGO where he taught English to children, a young girl asked him to teach her football.He agreed, and in 2009, he ...read complete story in http://www.080football.com/how-football-is-changing-the-li…/