Skateistan is Afghanistan’s first dedicated co-educational skateboarding school. The school engages with the growing numbers of urbanized youth in Kabul through skateboarding and provides new opportunities in cross-cultural interaction and education.
Increasingly, those sk8ters are grrrrls.
Skateistan received a large private donation from two women working in Afghanistan and Betty Magazine, a Canadian monthly publication targeting female skateboarders, expressed support for the project.
According to their FAQ page:
"With 70% of the population under 25, it is vital that development efforts in Afghanistan engage with youth immediately so they can take ownership of the problems they will soon inherit.
"We want to provide a safe and supportive environment where trust is built between participants and across the “western” Afghan cultural divide.
"We also want to develop the student’s ability to speak out about the issues that concern them and for them to present their visions for the future of their country."
No slackers here.
If you want to support their efforts, they sell awesome t-shirts for 30 bucks.
