Skateistan is an Afghan NGO empowering youth and building communities in Kabul, Pakistan and Cambodia through their skateboarding school. Founded in 2007 by now-executive director Oliver Percovich with its first project being located in Kabul, Skateistan runs international fundraising campaigns for its unique and inspiring program.
Providing skateboarding and co-educational programs, Skateistan engages youth aged 5-18, with 40% female enrollment and with half of its class streetworking children. In bringing skateboarding culture to a place it hasn't existed before, Skateistan provides young people with a voice and an opportunity to shape projects according to local needs, while also inspiring cross-cultural interaction and personal empowerment.
Contact Information
Skateistan website
Skateistan on Facebook
Skateistan on Twitter
What's Driving This Trend
- Empowering Youth
- Skateistan is providing empowerment to youth in Kabul, Pakistan and Cambodia through skateboarding, creating opportunities for other organizations to do the same.
- Co-educational Programs
- Skateistan's innovative approach to co-educational programs can be replicated in other industries as a way to promote gender equality.
- Cross-cultural Interaction
- Skateistan's successful approach to promoting cross-cultural interaction through a shared passion for skateboarding can inspire innovation in other industries, such as tourism and education.
Who This Affects Most
- Non-profit Organizations
- Non-profit organizations can look to Skateistan's model of providing empowerment to youth through skateboarding as a way to establish innovative programs that contribute to social good.
- Sports and Recreation
- Skateistan's success in promoting skateboarding culture in previously underserved areas creates opportunities to develop similar sports and recreation programs in different regions.
- Education
- Skateistan's approach to skateboarding and co-educational programs can inspire innovations in education that promote personal empowerment and cross-cultural interaction.
