Women in Art for the Protection of the Planet – Cameroon (WAPPCAM) is a women-led nonprofit with headquarters in Bafoussam; Cameroon, committed to transforming lives through the power of art, environmental innovation, and cultural heritage. 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.
- Art as therapy, education, and expression.
- Vocational and creative skills development for self-reliance.
- Environmental sustainability through creative recycling and waste transformation.
- Teacher training and school-based arts integration to embed impact within the education system.
- Preservation and celebration of cultural heritage through arts, crafts, and tourism.
- Active involvement of host communities to foster social cohesion and shared development.
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, WAPPCAM delivers art-based and environmental education programs to students while equipping teachers with innovative tools to implement the newly introduced arts curriculum. 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 craft, 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.
As we grow, our dream is to establish vibrant hubs like 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.
