Local youth and international NGO workers in Kabul, Afghanistan have started the country’s first skateboarding school, Skateistan. By introducing the positive and cross-cultural aspects of skateboarding, Skateistan hopes to provide new opportunities to the local youth.
Skateboarding students are admitted based on a number of economic and cultural factors. Skateistan’s curriculum obviously includes skateboarding instruction but also has qualities of project management, life skills, and English. Ultimately the group’s mission is to empower the students to take leadership positions on issues important to them and build social networks that cross ethic barriers. One of the clearest reflections of that mission is that Skateistan teaches both boys and girls.
The group is currently securing a permanent location for their school and recruiting additional staff. While Skateistan is still in its early development, it still qualifies for one of the world’s boldest and most visionary skateboarding missions ever.
Please check out their site and support them in whatever way you’re able. Enjoy the video below. It’s incredible.
Cry Cry Cry
Pain Pain Pain
Skate save the World
I cant stop crying
God bless people who made skateistan!!!
WoW! These kids just was to be kids and ride some skateboards,but they live in Afghanistan, so they skate through crumbled debris and gunfire and soldiers and quite posssibly a dead body now and then. And what did they say: They don’t even notice their surroundings anymore, they’ve given up hope of a normal, beautiful childhood with a nice safe place to ride. They will never see a what American kids have and yet they still smile and laugh and ride their skateboards through town, just like the kids do here. They are the brave heroes in the country.