Skateistan Partnerships bring the world together with skateboarding. By focusing on children and youth in many of the hardest places to be a child, Skateistan promotes inclusivity, diversity, resilience and autonomy – especially for girls, displaced youth, and children with disabilities.

Farida, 14, lives in an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp with her family in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. As a young girl, Farida never went to school and was unable to read and write. She recalls a time she lost her mother in the market and didn’t know what to do, how to ask for help or even read signs. 

This week it was officially announced that Hala Khalaf, our Deputy Executive Director, has joined Skateistan founder, Oliver Percovich, as Co-Executive Director.

Mpho* is 17 years old and lives in Johannesburg, South Africa. She lives in a dense neighborhood in the inner city with her family and always had a lot of energy to explore the places where she lived...