Our Impact in the Community
Tuesday, July 28 2026 11:30 am
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As part of our “Empowerment” value proposition, NSSF is committed to contributing to the social and environmental wellbeing of the communities in which we do business. We do this through our community programmes – by building partnerships with credible institutions, being good corporate citizens and directly supporting worthy causes.
Rooted in policy, our interventions are in 4 areas; that is Youth, Education, Health, Disadvantaged groups, and lately, the Environment.
Kampala Hills Run & Public Schools renovation
Using Funds raised from the NSSF Kampala Hills Run since 2016, the Fund has renovated 22 primary schools under KCCA and across the country, helping reduce dropouts while increasing pupil enrollment.
Digital Literacy
The Fund availed digital learning tablets worth UGX 450m to 11 government-aided schools to facilitate the establishment of digital libraries, benefiting more 5200 students every year. In partnership with World Vision and UCC, the Fund is promoting digital literacy in another 13 primary schools across the country through the “E-Class Project”.
NSSF Career Expo
The expo is held to equip students with the necessary skill sets and enhance their success rate in the job market. The initiative has benefited over 250,000 students and has been implemented in 14 universities. It is designed to equip students with skills and knowledge to increase their employment and entrepreneurial opportunities. Over UGX 40 billion has been mobilized as savings from students who register and later start contributing.
Blood Donation & Storage Intervention
The Fund has been engaged in a partnership with the Ministry of Health to support the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services mobile donation of safe blood across the country. The partnership has so far enabled UBTS to collect over 60,000 units of blood, thus saving over 18,000 lives through transfusion of safe blood. The initiative has also led to a ‘normalization’ of blood donation. NSSF has also donated blood centrifuges to UBTS– which are essential in the processing of blood for different patient needs.
Covid-19 Vaccination Support
The Fund purchased 5,000 test kits worth over Ugx 380 million during the of COVID-19 test kits to the Ministry of Health for the purchase of 5,000 test kits. The Fund received recognition from the National Task Force as one of the major corporate entities to support task force work.
The NSSF Hi-Innovator Programme
The NSSF Hi-Innovator Programme is an initiative of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) in partnership with Mastercard Foundation. The initiative supports Ugandan entrepreneurs by providing catalytic seed funding, entrepreneurial learning, and business development support so they can become more competitive, high-impact businesses.
It was established in August 2020 as a 5-year initiative to explore mechanisms that the Fund could implement to unlock dignified and fulfilling work opportunities for youth through entrepreneurship, and in turn create capacity to save with the Fund. Its primary focus is on businesses that are not considered attractive to traditional investors and could otherwise struggle to raise the financing and technical support they need to grow.
The NSSF Hi-Innovator Programme has recorded gains in job creation, enterprise development, and entrepreneurial skills, by creating over 200,000 jobs, after seed-funding 438 Small and Growing Businesses (SGBs). This is according to an independent impact evaluation report by Ipsos Uganda Limited that assessed the project’s intervention areas for five years.
Through the programme, over 81,000 entrepreneurs have been trained, 438 Small and Growing Businesses (SGBs), and have received seed funding. The intervention has created 202,300 direct and indirect jobs.
Support to Health Facilities
The Fund has, over the years, donated medical equipment to health facilities in underserved regions.
- Mulago Uganda Heart Institute – medical equipment
- Kiruddu Hospital - ICU equipment (monitors, oxygen concentrators, suction machines)
- Kawaala Health Centre - medical equipment for maternity and postnatal facility.
- Masaka Regional Referral Hospital – medical equipment for the Neonatal Unit.
- Soroti Regional Referral Hospital – support to maternity ward and hospital beds
- Hope for Humans, Kitgum - health care support for underprivileged persons
- Bukalasi Health Centre III (Bududa) - maternity ward equipment
- Mpigi Hospital – accident and emergency and maternity equipment
- Arua Regional Referral Hospital – maternity ward equipment and renovations
- Boroboro Health Centre III – medical equipment
Support to Youth Sports Development
NSSF has supported development of sports in Uganda through its sponsorship of the NSSF KAVC International – a tournament that brings together premier volleyball clubs from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, South Sudan and Ethiopia. As a direct result of this exposure, several Ugandan players have joined professional ranks across Africa, Europe and Asia.
Financial Intelligence Programme
The initiative is aimed at empowering Ugandans with financial and investment knowledge, personal financial management skills, business ideation, and retirement planning for better-informed financial decisions. Participants learn through flexible setups including online sessions, field visits, workplace arrangements, and community peer cohorts.
