Celebreak

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.

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.