Here are pictures of the first and only skate park in Kitintale, a working class suburb of Kampala in East Africa. The kids of Kitintale were influenced by a game they saw on TV and decided to build a skatepark themselves. With no assistance from government or large NGO’s, kids from Uganda took significant steps to overcome boredom and poverty through skateboarding. By learning how to skate, the kids developped a sense of belonging to a community and realized a dream.

Click here to see all the pics: Yann Gross

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