Mokwe Welisane Nkeng is a Cameroonian philanthropist, Gender advocate, Journalist and Diplomat. She has under her belt a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Buea, a Master’s in International Communication and Public Action from The International Relations Institute of Cameroon – IRIC, another Master’s in International Relations with a specialty in Diplomacy still from IRIC. She is presently rounding off a Doctorate in International Relations at the Geneva School of Diplomacy in Switzerland.
She is the founder and CEO of the Welisane Foundation. For the past 6 years, through her Foundation has Carried out Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Campaigns in the US and Cameroon, Offering Free screening and treatment to thousands of women and the breast cancer Walk which mobilizes millions of people every year. In a bid to fight period poverty, she has donated over 10 Thousand Menstrual Hygiene Dignity Kits to IDPs and Refugee girls in Cross River State Adagom Refugee Camps, Okende Camp in Nigeria and Minawao in Cameroon over the past 4 years. She created the International Menstrual Hygiene Coalition for greater impact.
Mokwe has sent over 2000 displaced girls and girls with disabilities by the ongoing Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon back to school through her One Girl One Dream project. This includes tuition fee, didactic materials and psychosocial support. She is championing a free leadership programme and campaign for girls named Let Girls Lead NOW for African girls to build leadership mindset and skills in girls. Through her project SMILES, she fights maternal mortality in War settings by providing birth kits, mobile clinics and education to pregnant women.
Mokwe Welisane Nkeng through her work seeks to empower Girl Child and Women by providing access to resources and removing impediments to reaching their optimum potential.
