Staff Reporter
IN pursuit of its mandate to assist persons involved in road traffic crashes, the MVA Fund is rolling out its community outreach programme, “MVA Fund on Wheels,” in the Ohangwena Region.
The weeklong programme aims to bring the Fund’s services closer to the people while also creating awareness of the Fund’s benefits, products, and services.
The Fund noted with concern that the Ohangwena region ranks third in the number of road crash-related fatalities, while a high number of MVA Fund incomplete claims also arise from the region, lacking the required documentation or simply filled out incorrectly.
Hilaria Graig, Manager of Corporate Communications at MVA Fund, said that these incomplete claim forms cause challenges for the Fund to finalize the claim process within the prescribed period.
“The community outreach programme will address this aspect, including amongst others, claims registration and queries, educate the public on claim form completion, product knowledge, and stakeholder engagement while also intensifying road safety activities throughout the region,” Graig said.
The MVA Fund on Wheels team will visit and engage the communities of Ondobe, Okongo, Helao Nafidi, Ongha, Ongenga, and Eenhana.
Graig explained that while the Fund has eight strategically located service centres throughout the country, the MVA Fund on Wheels programme allows the Fund to reach remote communities, especially where it has no service centres.
She added that the programme will allow the Fund to bring road safety to the forefront in the region where they will visit schools, conduct road safety interventions at bus and loading terminals, and host community meetings with the general public.
“To reach a wider audience, the Fund has teamed up with NBC Kati FM (Oshiwambo Radio) for a live broadcast of some of the week’s engagements. While activation will feature popular Oshiwambo artist Shitana. The MVA Fund has reached out to the regional leadership of Ohangwena and called on them to ensure a large turnout at all scheduled platforms to spread the road safety message to all. Previously, the Fund took the MVA Fund on Wheels programme to the Erongo, Khomas, and Omaheke regions, with plans to reach all 14 regions in the country,” Graig concluded.
