SKATEISTAN

This morning at at the Parks Authority offices in Kabul, Skateistan was informed that the land donated to the project to build Afghanistan’s first skateboarding school was in fact being taken back since we hadn’t been able to build anything on the site yet. The site has been now been sold to the Kuwaiti Goverment who plan to build their embassy on the site. Despite the enormous efforts of the fundraisers in Germany and around the world, sales of t-shirts and prints in Kabul and donations recieved via our website it was never enough to start work on the land or came just a little too late. Site works required would have cost about $2000 to initiate which would have secured the land for Skateistan. We do however have other sites available to us to build on. The second Kabul location is not quite as central but still has excellent potential since it is situated within a park and is near to schools and other sporting facilities. Hopefully someone comes “on board” soon as a major donor and we can build an indoor skateboarding facility on this land before winter arrives.