<p>Highlights of the visit included a skatepark tour via Skype video between the Suli skaters and Skateistan’s youth leaders in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, as well as a skate workshop for 40 children at the special needs learning centre of Kurdistan Save the Children.</p>

<p>About the Goodpush visit, one Suli skater said: “Involving local youth will help our ideas to grow even more and more over time. It’s like throwing one seed into a field, only to come back and see many more trees than one.”</p>

<p>Special thanks to&nbsp;<a href="https://metrography.photoshelter.com/">Metrography</a>&nbsp;for providing a free workshop space for the week!</p>

<p><strong>7Hills, Jordan</strong></p>

<p>Since the&nbsp;<a href="https://makelifeskatelife.org/projects/jordan/">7Hills&nbsp;</a>skatepark was built in Amman in 2014, it’s become a hub for young Jordanians and refugees to come together and build friendships through skateboarding. I spent the week with Mo and Kas, who organize several skate sessions a week at the park for partner NGOs as well as children who come to use the loaner boards.</p>

<p>Kas and Mo had both visited Skateistan Cambodia for a week of Goodpush workshops this past May, and it was super cool to see how that visit had inspired them to get a youth leadership program off the ground, as well as provided tools like Cambodia’s skate lesson plan template which they’d adapted for use at the 7Hills skatepark.</p>

<p>The 7Hills skatepark is a hub for young Jordanians and refugees.</p>

<p>Their youth leaders took part in skate training and child protection workshops while Mo and Kas also worked on strategy and program structure so that 7Hills can reach even more children in need.</p>
