Franz Gastler

From working with animals to teaching football to tribal girls, from making hospital patients laugh to empowering rural weavers, these foreigners are making a difference to our lives in India. Here’s a list of 12 such do-gooders from distant lands.

Many of you would have read our previous coverage of the Jharkhand tribal girls who won the third place at the prestigious Gasteiz Cup in Spain. Here we bring you the complete story, to know more about the girls who have become an inspiration to an entire nation!