\nUganda is often referred to as one of the worst places on earth to be a child<\/em><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line”][vc_column_text]\n
\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]\nBreakdance Project Uganda<\/a><\/strong> (BPU) is a non-profit organisation that teaches kids how to, well, breakdance. The majority for the children BPU works with live in the streets of Kampala<\/strong>, and is centered on the belief that everyone can learn and everyone can teach and has the capacity to be a positive role model to others.<\/span><\/p>\n
Filmed by Jon Smiff<\/a><\/strong> (co founder of Sprinkle Lab<\/a><\/strong>) the footage is taken from one of the sessions the organisations run, and also highlights the great work they do keeping young children off the streets.<\/span><\/p>\n
There is also\u00a0a feature length documentary about breakdance\u00a0within Uganda called Bouncing Cats<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 <\/em>it tells\u00a0<\/em>the story of\u00a0<\/span>Abraham ‘Abramz’ Tekya<\/a><\/strong>, who\u00a0creates a free workshop teaching youth b-boy culture to disenfranchised kids living in Kampala and Gulu in North Uganda\u00a0in 2006 . Uganda is often referred to as one of the worst places on earth to be a child.<\/span><\/p>\n