NCBA Bank Uganda has handed over 50 household water filters to 50 vulnerable families at Kasenyi Landing Site, primarily supporting families within the fishing community, as part of the Bank’s commitment to promoting healthier and more resilient communities.
The initiative was implemented in partnership with Vision Child Healthcare and Education Initiative, an organization supporting vulnerable communities through healthcare outreach, education, skills development and access to clean water solutions.
Speaking at the handover ceremony, Martin Mwanje, Head of Strategy and Sustainability, NCBA Bank Uganda, said the initiative reflects the Bank’s belief that its role extends beyond financial services.
“At NCBA, we believe that banking is about more than financial services. It is about believing in people, supporting their ambitions and being part of the communities in which we operate. This is at the heart of our purpose, Banking on Belief. Empowering Ambitions.”
The 50 water filters will support households at Kasenyi Landing Site that face challenges accessing safe and reliable drinking water. By reducing the need to boil water using firewood or charcoal, the filters can also help households save energy and reduce reliance on cooking fuels, contributing to more sustainable living.
For fishing communities around Lake Victoria, the lake is an important source of livelihood, but reliance on untreated water can expose families to preventable health risks. Access to safe water can contribute to healthier families, reduce waterborne illnesses and help households avoid costs associated with preventable health challenges.
The initiative forms part of NCBA’s Change the Story sustainability agenda, through which the Bank seeks to contribute to practical solutions that improve lives and strengthen communities.
“Change the Story is a commitment to action. Today, we are taking a practical step towards safer water, healthier families and more sustainable communities. We recognise that sustainable impact cannot be achieved by one organisation alone, which is why partnerships with community organisations such as Vision Child Healthcare and Education Initiative are important,” said Mwanje.
One of the beneficiaries of the purifiers and trainer with Vision Child Healthcare, Christina Namwebe Kisakye, said: “This purifier is of good importance to me. I make juice and it’s going to help me a lot. It is going to help me save money on the charcoal that I’ve been using and electricity for boiling water. This purifier will help me distribute water at my workplace.”
On her part the founder of Vision Child Health Care Education Outreach Initiative, Winfred Nannungi, said: “Our goal is to see that we have a healthy community. We do healthy sensitization about communicable diseases, and how we can prevent diseases, and how we can treat those that are treatable. And we support education in the community for vulnerable children. We also support economic empowerment, and skills training. We empower women and the youth, to see that they are healthy and they can earn an income.”
“We appreciate NCBA Bank so much for having come in to help us reach our goals, and obtain our objectives of promoting healthy living in the community. They have provided us with purifiers or containers for safe water. We operate in Katabi Sub- County, and this time around we chose Kasenyi Landing Site because it is more vulnerable,” Nannungi said.
“People are drinking water directly from the lake, which is not boiled, and if we take these purifiers, they will provide good safe water for children, mothers, and everyone. We shall be able to prevent diseases like bilharzia and worm infections that are making people and children vulnerable to get other infections. So, this is a great opportunity for us as Vision Child Healthcare because it is a great milestone to our activities in the community,” Nannungi added.
“We have more than 50 members in our organization, and our major activity was selling fish, adding value to fish – that is silver fish, which was banned in February. And our people are not earning any money. The other activities are bars and prostitution around Kasenyi. So, we are now teaching and training these mothers to adopt skills in other economic activities like mushroom growing, tailoring, making liquid soap and jelly, and earn incomes,” Nannungi said.
The handover also comes ahead of the NCBA Golf Series qualifier at Entebbe Club on 3 October 2026. The Bank continues to use its customer and community engagement platforms to create opportunities for meaningful social impact alongside business engagement.
NCBA encouraged the beneficiary families to make full use of the filters and share knowledge on safe water practices with their neighbors and wider community, helping extend the impact beyond the 50 households directly reached through the initiative.
Mwanje reaffirmed NCBA’s commitment to supporting initiatives that contribute to healthier, more resilient and sustainable communities across Uganda.
“We remain committed to Banking on Belief and Empowering Ambitions by supporting initiatives that create lasting impact. Together, we can continue to go for it and change the story for the communities we serve,” he concluded.
NCBA Bank Uganda Limited is a subsidiary of NCBA Group PLC, East Africa’s largest bank by digital customer numbers. With an asset base UGX 1.2T and a strong liquidity profile, NCBA bank combines extensive corporate and retail banking experience with leading innovations, offering products from mobile banking, asset finance to tailored investment solutions. Focused on relationship management and customer success, NCBA empowers clients to achieve financial goals while supporting regional economic growth.
