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More Pregnant Women Breakdancing!

Posted on March 25, 2009

Oxfam is at it again! This time their flash mob hit the streets in Paisley, Scotland:

Oxfam’s goal is to increase awareness on the dangers of giving birth in poor countries (World-wide, 1400 women die every day in pregnancy and childbirth due to a lack of basic health care). They’ve used similar flash mobs to increase awareness in Paris, Berlin, Utrecht and across Canada.

Pregnant Women Breakdancing!

Posted on February 10, 2009

Well they’re not really pregnant (they were wearing preggie suits) but I can imagine how freaked out the on-lookers must have been by the b-girls with buns in the oven:

This was done by a non-profit organization, Oxfam, to increase awareness on the dangers of giving birth in poor countries (World-wide, 1400 women die every day in pregnancy and childbirth due to a lack of basic health care) and is one of a series happening in Paris, Berlin, Utrecht and across Canada.

Breakdance Project Uganda featured on Edun

Posted on December 24, 2008

The socially conscious clothing company Edun (started by U2’s Bono and his wife Ali Hewson) has recently featured Breakdance Project Uganda on their website. Bono and Ali have been raising money and awareness for sub-suharan Africa for a long time and are big on empowering through the arts. Abramz, the Founder of Breakdance Project Uganda, has been using the art of breaking to empower youth all over Uganda since 2006. It was only a matter of time before the 2 organizations met up.

Related Posts:

• Breaking all over the World: Uganda

Blueprint for Life to receive a $400,000 Grant from the Government

Posted on December 19, 2008

A couple of months ago, I mentioned Arctic Hip Hop, a book about a community outreach program in Northern Canada’s Indigenous regions. The program, Blueprint for Life, has been so well-received by the the community and government that they recently received a a $400,000 grant from them to expand and continue their work. 

Founder and organizer Stephen Leafloor, also known as B-Boy Buddha from Canadian Floor Masters, is doing great things by mixing his passion for breaking and hip-hop with his desire to help people. I’m glad that the government is supporting his work!

Breakdancing around the World: Uganda

Posted on October 16, 2008

Though breaking started in the Bronx, NY, it has since grown from a U.S. fad to world-wide phenomenon. I‘ll periodically post a “Breaking all over the World” blog to showcase b-boys and b-girls from all around the globe.

All across the U.S., there are community outreach programs that use breaking to help at-risk youth. But what about the rest of the world? The Third World? Can breaking be used to empower youth in war-torn countries in Africa?

Yes it can.

The Breakdance Project Uganda is one such example. Started in 2006 by Ugandan hip-hop artist Abraham “Abramz” Tekya and Irish B-boy Emile Dineen, this program has worked with over 300 underpriveleged youth including AIDS orphans, juvenile prisoners and homeless children. They also partnered with H.E.A.L.S., an NGO based in war-torn, Northern Ugandan, to rehabilitate ex-child soldiers who were abducted and brought into the LRA.

Arctic Hip-Hop

Posted on October 9, 2008

Stephen Leafloor, also known as Buddha from Canadian Floor Masters, has been doing social work in the arctic regions of Canada. Specifically, he uses breaking and other elements of hip hop to empower at-risk youth. A new book, Arctic Hip-Hop, has just been published about his work.