Skateistan, the organization that teaches Afghan young people through skateboarding has open its first skateboard park and school on Tuesday December 29, 2009, according to a story in The National Post.
“Skateistan” started two years ago in a dried-up fountain in the heart of the Afghan capital, when two Australians with three skateboards started teaching a small group of fascinated kids. . . Now dozens of boys and girls from across all social classes can mix in a giant indoor park that looks like a cross between a military hangar and an urban hangout, festooned with the names of fashionable skating brands that have sponsored the park.
It is amazing what can be done with some skateboards and a dream. For more on the story click here.
[Link: National Post]
