THE COOLEST DRUM SCHOOL IN TOWN.

MAKING A DIFFERENCE Ā· THE BDE INITIATIVE

BDE GOES MAD.

AND SO WILL YOU!

Let’s drum and make the world
a better place, together!

THE MAD STORY
Kunbi and children together in a classroom, from the original MAD project page
MAKING A DIFFERENCE Ā· LAGOS, NIGERIA

OUR DRUMGANG. SOMETHING BIGGER.

STAY AS
DRUMTASTIC
AS YOU ARE.

Thank you for being part of the MAKING A DIFFERENCE initiative!

You don’t need to do anything more, aside from staying as drumtastic as you are!

A part of what our students contribute monthly for the lessons is automatically set aside for meaningful projects around the world, providing music education and musical instruments (Drums/Percussion mostly) to those who live in harsh realities and cannot afford to approach this wonderful and powerful instrument!

It has been a journey of several years to make this possible! Big or small, we want to see a CONCRETE impact!

Marco and Kunbi sitting together with drumsticks
MARCO & KUNBI Ā· FROM THE MAD STORY

MARCH 2022 Ā· THE COLLABORATION BEGINS

BERLIN.
LAGOS.
DRUMLOVE.

In March 2022, a new collaboration began in LAGOS, Nigeria!

Thanks to that beautiful human being, KUNBI!

MEET THE PROJECT

THE POWER OF MUSIC LEARNING

CHARACTER. COURAGE.
COGNITION. CONFIDENCE.
CREATIVITY.

We are choosing to MAKE A DIFFERENCE by providing learning opportunities to children in underserved schools.

We believe in the power of music learning to change the narrative of children’s lives and to build character, courage, cognition, confidence and creativity.

THE MAD ARCHIVE Ā· 2022

THE DRUMFAMILY
MEETS KUNBI.

And the MAD project starts!

The BDE drumfamily meeting Kunbi in the original group video call
THE DRUMFAMILY MEETS KUNBI Ā· ORIGINAL PROJECT PHOTO

17 JUNE 2022

THE INAUGURAL SESSION.

Original recording Ā· 27 seconds

READ A VISUAL DESCRIPTION

Classroom footage shows children seated at wooden desks, with adults at the front by a whiteboard. The camera moves along the rows as children raise their hands. Orange title bands read ā€œMaking A Differenceā€. The closing card says ā€œWe are Making A Difference in underprivileged schoolsā€ and ā€œCare to join us?ā€

KUNBI’S EXPLANATION

IN HER OWN WORDS.

Original Kunbi video preview showing the June 2022 Lagos session dates

July 2022 report Ā· Kunbi’s Music Company

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LET’S GO…
MAD TOGETHER
AT BDE!

FROM OUR DRUMFAMILY

IT’S ONLY THE BEGINNING
OF AN ADVENTURE.

Join us and be part of it TODAY!

The drumfamily sharing dinner, from the original MAD page
Three members of the BDE and MAD community together
Two members of the MAD community sharing a hug

JOIN BDE

LET’S BE
MAD TOGETHER!

If you are a student with us you are automatically contributing to this amazing project!

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