Skateistan

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Name: Marisha
    the war in Afghanistan has caused a Major indent in peoples lives and especially kids, they work on the streets and try to support their siblings and u never know they might even have seven!!! Skateistan is a place for those kids that do have to work on the streets and support a family to get hooked on doing something you love. but its not all skateboarding That includes art classes, English lessons, a girls' journalism course, a disabled class and a critical "Back to School" program to help children from impoverished families enroll or re-enroll into public schools.Skateistan started up in 2007 when two Australian skateboarders realized the children's enthusiasm and curiosity as they cruised around Kabul.Two years later, they were able to construct a state of the art skate park and educational facility, serving more than 300 boys and girls a week."Before I came to Skateistan, I used to think that I wouldn't be able to do anything with my future," says Fourteen-year-old Fazila. "But now I think I will become the best skateboarder." this is recent and no joke it all started as a group of grownups that wanted to get kids that live in a place with war
to have things to get into and to make the kids lives better.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/01/04/afghan.skate.school/index.html
this is a link to get to the story if you wanna read all of it. the way we can help is a fundraiser for the school so they can get more kids in and to get more boards or more pads and supplies.