Fazila is a 14-year-old girl from Qalai Zaman Khan in Kabul, Afghanistan. Her family is very poor and Fazila's life is difficult, but she is happy because she is a student at a school in Kabul. The school is called "Skateistan' and it's the first skateboarding school in Kabul. Skateistan has got a big indoor skate park and some classrooms with computers. Children can study English, ICT. Journalism, Art and Music there. There's a special Back to school programme for children who aren't at school. There are separate school days for boys and for girls because girls and boys don't do activities together in Afghanistan, and there are also special classes for disabled children. After the lessons, there is a 50-minute skateboarding lesson for all the girls in Fazila's class, Fazila hasn't got a skateb ard, but she can borrow one from the school. Now Fazila is very good at skateboarding and she is also a eacher at Skateistan. "Life is hard for me because my family is poor,' says Fazila. But when I'm at Skatei an, I'm in a nice place!
