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E. Kinast (verantwortlich)
With 68% of Afghanistan’s population under the age of 25, Skateistan strongly believes that youth are the ones most capable of bringing about social change.
Skateistan is an Afghan NGO which operates Afghanistan’s (and the world’s) first co-educational skateboarding school. The Skateistan school engages nearly 400 Kabul youth weekly through skateboarding, and provides them with new opportunities in cross-cultural interaction, education, and personal empowerment programs.
The students (ages 5-17) come from all of Afghanistan’s diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, and include 40% female students, hundreds of streetworking children, and youth with disabilities. They develop skills in skateboarding, leadership, problem-solving, multimedia, and creative arts. The students themselves decide what they want to learn; we connect them with a safe space and opportunities for them to develop the skills that they consider important.
For Afghan girls Skateistan's programming is especially important as there are very few recreational opportunities for females. For example, it is not culturally acceptable for girls in Afghanistan to ride bicycles or play sports in public.
Skateistan has been active in Kabul since 2007 - with our facility built in 2009 - and in that time 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.
In 2012 Skateistan will be opening its second Afghan facility in Mazar-e-Sharif, Northern Afghanistan. It will have space to teach up to 1000 youth weekly.
Our program gives hundreds of oppressed youth a voice. Education and the opportunity for self-expression can break the cycles of poverty, illiteracy and exclusion, with sport paving the way.
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Skateistan is an Afghan NGO which operates Afghanistan’s (and the world’s) first co-educational skateboarding school. The Skateistan school engages nearly 400 Kabul youth weekly through skateboarding, and provides them with new opportunities in cross-cultural interaction, education, and personal empowerment programs.
The students (ages 5-17) come from all of Afghanistan’s diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, and include 40% female students, hundreds of streetworking children, and youth with disabilities. They develop skills in skateboarding, leadership, problem-solving, multimedia, and creative arts. The students themselves decide what they want to learn; we connect them with a safe space and opportunities for them to develop the skills that they consider important.
For Afghan girls Skateistan's programming is especially important as there are very few recreational opportunities for females. For example, it is not culturally acceptable for girls in Afghanistan to ride bicycles or play sports in public.
Skateistan has been active in Kabul since 2007 - with our facility built in 2009 - and in that time 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.
In 2012 Skateistan will be opening its second Afghan facility in Mazar-e-Sharif, Northern Afghanistan. It will have space to teach up to 1000 youth weekly.
Our program gives hundreds of oppressed youth a voice. Education and the opportunity for self-expression can break the cycles of poverty, illiteracy and exclusion, with sport paving the way.
Weiter informieren:
- 65 Neuigkeiten zu diesem Projekt – die letzte vom 18. Mai 2013
- Über den Projektträger „Skateistan“
- Ort: Kabul, Afghanistan
- Zuletzt aktualisiert am 25. Mai 2013, angelegt am 10. März 2009
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M. Sommeregger fragte vor fast 4 Jahren
Do you guys have problems with military or political pressure? Can you work freely with the kids, do you also get local support? I have skated for years and to me skateboarding was a important part of my life. Skating is a way of being free and creative. You skate with friends, you use the streets creatively and you want to get better and achieve something. If you can manage to get the skaters into some school classes as well I think you can make a difference. What kind of classes besides skateboarding do you teach?
All the best, Max
j. wardag: antwortete vor fast 4 Jahren
Political and military pressure are ever present in any activity in Afghanistan. Obviously our work and strategy is framed within the context of the current political and military situation. Local support is inherent to the implementation of our activities. As you stated, skating is a way of being free and creative. As such, we offer the opportunity for kids to do this in a safe and positive environment and it has been well received by the community so far. Without the kid's and community's desire for Skateistan activities to happen, they wouldn't.
Currently our programs aim to micro-finance all working, non-enrolled children back into public school. Additionally, we will be providing after school tutoring sessions and pre-skate session classes which discuss health and current events. Also, we will be offering cultural courses in areas such as Afghan poetry, theatre, history, painting/drawing, and music.
Best,
Max
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