The Battambang Development Base Association (BDB) was founded in June 2009 with the mission of offering health, artistic, and physical education to homeless and at risk youth. Beyond providing pastimes to lead youth away from drug use, BDB seeks to create socially aware and holistically educated young citizens of Battambang.
BDB works with the immensely successful arts education organisation Phare Ponleu Selpak to run a hip hop class encompassing some twenty five volunteer teachers and seventy five students. The energy of all involved saw BDB take first place in the 2010 Nokia Hip Hop championship in Phnom Penh.
BDB Hip Hop – “Create” from Kinyei on Vimeo.