Monday, August 17, 2009

Skateistan, Skate Afghanistan...



So, Help support a good cause. This is for children and it's especially important to the young children involved.
SKATEISTAN is a non-profit skateboard school teaching the youth of Kabul, Afghanistan how to skate and more... The school engages growing numbers of urban and internally-​displaced youth in Afghanistan through skateboarding, and provides them with new opportunities in cross-cultural interaction, education, and personal empowerment programs.

Skateistan: To Live And Skate Kabul is a beautifully shot film that
follows the lives of a group of young skateboarders in Afghanistan. Operating against the backdrop of war and bleak prospects, the Skateistan charity project is the world’s first co-educational skateboarding school, where a team of international volunteers work with girls and boys between the ages of 5 and 17, an age group largely untouched by other aid programmes.

BY ORLANDO VON EINSIEDEL

Since Skateistan has been active in Kabul, we’ve seen that Afghan youth of all ethnicities, genders, and socioeconomic backgrounds love to skateboard. Skateistan brings them together, equipping young men and women to lead their communities toward social change and development.
Thank you for support. http://SKATEISTAN.​org.


As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "From Mountain Movers, To Lazy Losers" by Fireworks from the album "We Are Everywhere" released in 2006.

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