Regular mail contact has taken place since we returned from Uganda end of November. With great pleasure we learned that the MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) between our partner UCA/UCCFS and Sanlam Life Insurance Company Ltd has been signed on March 9, 2011.
Furthermore, UCCFS has been accepted as agency by the Insurance Commissioner.
Two people responsible for the UCCFS, namely Jennifer Burakuza and Patrick Muumba, as well as three staff members of Kakuuta and Mateete SACCO successfully followed
the Sanlam training. The training included; insurance, Sanlam’s Family Protection Plan, Group Life, Credit Life and funeral insurance. Jennifer and Patrick are also following the Insurance
Course at the Insurance Institute in order to obtain the COP (Certificate of Proficiency).
The kick-off of the project in the form of a combined presentation by UCA/UCCFS and Sanlam took place during the pre-annual meeting at Mateete SACCO on 13th March.
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Impressions of a MIAN mission in Uganda |
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Project Uganda: slowly but surely towards success
Early history
In 2003, Henk van Oosterhout, then director of Suffice, Uganda, asked Toon Bullens if it would be possible to unite micro insurance with micro finance. Jan Ruijgrok and Kees Geertsema followed up that question by visiting four SACCOS in South-western Uganda in November of 2005. Two of these SACCOS (Saving and Credit Cooperative Organizations) turned out to be seriously interested. They then contacted the University of Utrecht to enlist a student willing to do a few months of research into the local feasibility of micro insurance. This student, Bodil Donkers, left for Uganda in October of 2006 to do market research and to give workshops. Jan Ruijgrok and Lia van Hooff joined her in December. In February 2007, Suffice withdrew itself and the process came to a standstill.
Restart
MIAN initiated the search for a sponsor to bring the project back to life. After screening the UCA (Ugandan Cooperative Alliance, the umbrella organization for SACCOS), Agriterra was willing to become donor/sponsor for the project. In consultation with Agriterra and MIAN, the UCA appointed a local consultant to do market research.
The December 2008 visit
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