 south africa south africa jess wed 5152019 1223 south africa is one of the world s most diverse countries but it also remains one of the most unequal societies despite significant progress since the end of apartheid inequalities strongly correlate with race and in central johannesburg extreme economic inequality within the city exposes young people from lowincome backgrounds to social risks such as a lack of a quality education violence and social isolation limited access to recreational facilities and quality education can also undermine children s ability and desire to learn we have been active in the disadvantaged inner city of johannesburg since early 2014 when we started running outreach sessions in a previously abandoned skate bowl at a park in the neighborhood of troyeville in august 2016 we officially opened our fourth skate school located in downtown johannesburg the skate school includes a stateoftheart concrete skatepark and threestory education centre with flexible office and classroom space programs run five days a week in the afternoon for children to attend after they have been to public school girlsonly sessions address the gender divide and give girls an equal opportunity to join in we also run outreach sessions in the bjala square park close to the skate school johannesburg south africa regular students female lowincome backgrounds students living with disabilities south africa 