About WAPPCAM

Transforming lives through art, environmental innovation, and cultural heritage

Founded 2021

Women in Art for the Protection of the Planet – Cameroon

WAPPCAM is a women-led nonprofit organization headquartered in Bafoussam, Cameroon, dedicated to transforming lives through the transformative power of art, environmental innovation, and cultural heritage.

900+ Youth Reached

1,100+ Waste Items Transformed

2021 Founded

Founded in January 2021, WAPPCAM was born from a vision to uplift women and young people—particularly internally displaced and vulnerable youth, especially girls—by equipping them with healing-centered, skill-based opportunities that promote dignity, resilience, environmental responsibility, and long-term sustainability.

Our Integrated Approaches

Comprehensive strategies for sustainable impact

Art as Therapy & Education

Using creative expression for healing, learning, and personal growth

Vocational Skills Development

Building self-reliance through creative and technical training

Environmental Sustainability

Creative recycling and waste transformation initiatives

Teacher Training Programs

Integrating arts and climate education into school curricula

Cultural Heritage Preservation

Celebrating traditional crafts, arts, and cultural tourism

Community Collaboration

Fostering social cohesion through shared creative goals

Our Impact & Vision

Building a sustainable future through creativity and community

WAPPCAM's inclusive, community-rooted programs empower displaced and marginalized youth—especially IDPs, orphans, and out-of-school children—while fostering unity with host communities through shared creative, cultural, and environmental goals.

By partnering with schools, we deliver art-based and environmental education programs to students while equipping teachers with innovative tools to implement newly introduced arts curricula. This dual-impact model extends our reach into classrooms, embedding healing, livelihood opportunities, and climate-conscious values into the national education framework for lasting change.

Through visual arts, music, fashion design, digital literacy, and traditional crafts, we offer not only technical skills but also spaces of healing, identity reclamation, and intercultural dialogue.

Since our inception, WAPPCAM has reached over 900 youth through creative holiday camps, school collaborations, and climate action projects. We have transformed more than 1,100 waste items into artistic products, trained dozens of teachers, and mentored success stories like Akong Angel—a 14-year-old girl turned rising music artist.

Our Dream: ArtVenture Training Center

As we grow, our dream is to establish vibrant hubs like the ArtVenture Training Center—spaces that unite creativity, environmental action, host community collaboration, education, and cultural tourism into one powerful platform for transformation.

"We believe that when young people, educators, and communities are given tools, space, and hope, they can rebuild not just their futures—but their cultures, ecosystems, and collective identities."

WAPPCAM

Transforming waste, protecting the environment and building capacities for a sustainable livelihood.

Our Mission

Our mission is to transform lives and communities through art, education, environmental action, and cultural heritage. We empower vulnerable and displaced populations - especially youth and women, by providing healing-centered, skill-based, and environmentally sustainable programs. We aim to foster a generation of socially conscious, economically self-reliant, and culturally grounded individuals who turn waste into wealth, adversity into strength, creativity into livelihood, and tradition into shared pride.

Our Vision

We envision a resilient and inclusive society where creativity is a powerful force for healing, empowerment, and sustainable development. A world where youth and women - especially those affected by crisis, lead transformative change through artistic expression, environmental stewardship, and cultural innovation. Our vision includes vibrant community hubs like the ArtVenture Centers, where arts, ecology, and cultural tourism intersect to celebrate identity, protect the planet, and create opportunity.

Our Aims

WAPPCAM aims

WAPPCAM aims to harness the transformative power of art as a tool for healing, empowerment, and environmental protection. We are committed to promoting the social and economic inclusion of marginalized and displaced youth, particularly girls and young women, by providing them with skills and platforms for self-expression and livelihood. Through creative recycling and community-led sustainability practices, we strive to cultivate a deep sense of environmental consciousness.

Our work also seeks to preserve and promote Cameroon’s rich cultural heritage and traditional crafts, recognizing them as vital anchors of identity and sources of income. By integrating arts and culture into education, tourism, and local development, we strengthen their role in shaping resilient and creative communities. Ultimately, we aim to build bridges between generations, communities, and regions through shared creative expression, storytelling, and cultural exchange.

Our Core Objectives

Here are our core objectives aimed at fostering positive change:

Arts & Crafts Training

Provide free and inclusive training in arts, crafts, and digital design to youth aged 4–25.

Vocational Training

Deliver vocational and entrepreneurial training, with a focus on sewing, beading, fashion design, and eco-innovation.

Teacher Education

Empower educators through teacher-training programs that integrate art and climate education into schools.

Waste Management

Promote waste transformation through recycling programs that reduce pollution and create income-generating art.

Cultural Heritage

Foster cultural awareness through traditional dance, music, storytelling, and heritage-themed exhibitions.

Partnerships

Strengthen partnerships with schools, NGOs, local authorities, and tourism institutions for greater impact.

Creative Spaces

Establish creative spaces like the ArtVenture International Training Hub that serve as models for holistic development.

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