Non-profit · Research · Based in Cameroon, working for Africa

Building healthier, better-educated futures for young people across Africa.

The Triple Helix Foundation combines community projects with independent research to improve health, education and economic opportunities in Africa. Based in Cameroon, we are preparing our first projects in Yaoundé and building partnerships to put them into action.

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Registered in Cameroon in 2024
Three core pillars
4 projects in preparation

Our mission

Good health, good schools, decent work. They belong together.

A child who is sick cannot learn. A young person without skills cannot find work. A family without income cannot pay for school or care. We work on all three because each one holds up the others.

HealthCare people can reach and affordBetter access to health services, and attention to the illnesses that keep children out of school and adults out of work. EducationLearning for every childQuality, innovative education, with particular care for less privileged learners and people with disabilities. EconomyA fair chance to earn a livingSkills, jobs and enterprise for young people and women, including mentoring for young entrepreneurs.

Find your way

How you can work with us

Funders and partnersReview fundable projects

Project briefs, governance and how we account for every gift.

ResearchersCollaborate on evidence

Our researchers, their current work and our research standards.

VolunteersGive your time and skills

Tutoring, mentoring, events and professional help, with clear steps to apply.

CommunitiesTake part in a project

Who each project is for, where it will run and how to join.

A note from our President

Why we started

Growing up and working in Cameroon, we kept meeting the same young people: bright, willing to work, and held back by things that had nothing to do with their ability. A school that could not take a child in a wheelchair. A clinic bill that ended a girl's studies. A good business idea with no one to turn to for advice.

We registered the Triple Helix Foundation in August 2024 to work on three pillars, health, education and the economy, in two ways: by helping people directly, and by studying the problems carefully enough that our findings can change policy, in Cameroon and in the many African countries where young people face the same barriers. We have no big donors yet. Everything you see here is run by volunteers who believe this work matters. If you do too, we would be glad to hear from you.

Beri Parfait BihkongnyuyPresident

Projects