Make A Change

• The socio-cultural project Make a change is part of Breakthrough, which offers artists the opportunity to use the festival as a platform to present their work and make a name for themselves or brings support to communities within the Hip Hop subculture, to who are less fortunate.
  
  Our long-standing collaboration with the Breakdance Project Uganda and since 2023 also the project She is Hip Hop, will be continued in this festival edition.

  
  
  Our contribution

  CHF 1 from every ticket sold and every participant's entry fee will go to these two projects. Shirts from She is Hip Hop will also be sold during the event and a cash box will be available for your donation. If you wish, you can also transfer an amount to the Make a change account. We guarantee that the entire amount will reach the projects.

  
  
  About Breakdance Project Uganda

  Breakdance Project Uganda is a youth-centered project that works directly with young people in Uganda, with a special focus on breaking. The free workshops, which also include rap, public speaking and female empowerment and end in a cypher and communication and gratitude session, take place twice a week for 3 hours each time. The project offers regular classes as well as various outreach programs in different communities and regions. School fees and money for school uniforms are collected through sponsorships and cooperations, as well as the sale of T-shirts. In this way, Breaking also invests in the future sustainably and at various levels. Abramz Tekya founded the project in 2006. The Soul Rebels Crew and Breakthrough Festival is supporting BPU since 2013.

  

  Aims:
  
  > Bridging the gap between the advantaged and disadvantaged and bringing people of different religious, tribal and social backgrounds together
  
  > Promoting positive social responsibility
  
  > Building peoples' leadership skills and self esteem
  
  > Increasing access to formal and informal education
  
  > Generating employment opportunities through private teaching and performances.
  
  > Connecting local and international artists
  
  
  https://www.instagram.com/breakdanceprojectuganda1/

  
  
  About She is Hip Hop

  Hip Hop and other art forms are used as tools to empower girls and women to innovate and lead as well as bring together people of different backgrounds to share and exchange practical skills, knowledge, developmental ideas, and inspiration in various areas of life.

  

  These are some of the activities/programs run by She is Hip Hop:
  
  > Free regular skills-based workshops such as dance, music, poetry, writing, art, and craft as well as discussions such as menstrual health and hygiene, mental health, raising awareness about human rights to mention a few.
  
  > Outreach programs in different communities within Uganda
  
  > An annual hiphop festival dubbed She is Hip Hop Festival
  Our annual hiphop festival highlights and showcases female artists, educators, and positive role models. The festival showcases performances in music, dance, poetry, and beatboxing; run workshops in dance, visual arts, crafts making, and live painting; and lead discussions on mental health and gender-based violence, and women’s and girls’ empowerment, among others. Bgirl Key and Celiah, the sister of Breakdance Project Uganda’s founder, have successfully held several She Is Hip Hop festivals since 2019.
  
  > Free online dance classes taught by female dance instructors from different parts of the world from countries such as Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa, Senegal USA, UK, Italy, Japan, Philippines, Greece, Hungary, Netherlands, Switzerland, Haiti, Canada to mention a few.
  
  
  https://www.instagram.com/she_is_hiphop
  
  
  Donations can be made to:
  
  Bank: LLB
  Konto: Breakthrough Dance Company, Make a change
  Iban: CH2208731540174512002