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Skateistan is Afghanistan’s first dedicated skateboarding school. It engages the growing numbers of urbanised youth through skateboarding and provides new opportunities in cross-cultural interaction and education. More photos

There are many ways to get involved in Skateistan:

Tax deductable donations that will go 100% towards building a premises for the school the can be made in Germany. Our trust account for this purpose is:

Treuhandkonto Skateistan  

Sparkasse Münsterland Ost; kto Nr 478560 ;

BLZ 400501 50 ;

Verein zur Förderung der Jugendkultur e.V.

Copenhagen Fundraiser 

Get behind our fundraiser at the Copenhagen Skatepark in Denmark in February 2009. It’s going to be a skate competion, art auction, food extravanganza and party to end all parties. We are interested in hearing from potential sponsors, bands, DJ’s, skate competition entrants, prominent artists or if you can help out on the night. For further details please contact kristoffer.nilaus.tarp@gmail.com

Buy a t-shirt

Skateistan has t-shirts for sale which can viewed and ordered online here.

Donate Via PayPal

 

Donations to Skateistan can also be made to our bank accounts in Australia and Norway.

Australia

Bank: Westpac

Account type: Savings

Account Name: Sharna Terase Nolan

BSB 033289

Account No 255223

Norway

Bank: DNB NOR

Account number: 1503 06 73864

Individuals

Money could be raised through your friends and family. All donations are listed below under donors.

If you have an idea for fundraising for Skateistan, please contact us and we will assist you in any way we can.

Schools

We would especially like to involve schools in our fundraising efforts. If you are at school or teach at a school and you would like to help us achieve our goals we like to hear from you.

Clubs

If you belong to a club, skateboarding association or any sort of collective why not adopt Skateistan as your charity of choice and explore ways of assiting us. You could collect used equipment, hold a fundraising event (skate jam, concert, bbq) or just help spread the word about the project.

Volunteers

We need volunteers to assist us here in Kabul.

If you have any of the following skills and would like to come over and volunteer for a month please contact us at skateistan@gmail.com.

• Skate instructors (esp. female instructors)

• International development/aid

• Ramp building/trade skills

• School teachers (esp. Dari speakers)

• Arts/Music/Photography

• Office/Web/Video editing experience