The Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Fund is rolling out its community outreach programme, ‘MVA Fund on Wheels’ in the Ohangwena Region.
The programme kicking off on Monday and concluding on Friday, will engage the communities of Ondobe, Okongo, Helao Nafidi, Ongha, Ongenga and Eenhana.
This is being done as part of MVA Fund’s mandate to assist persons involved in road traffic crashes.
According to a statement issued by the fund’s Manager of Corporate Communications and Stakeholder Engagement, Hilaria Graig, on Sunday, the weeklong programme aims to bring the fund’s services closer to the people while also creating awareness of the benefits, products and services.
Graig indicated that the MVA Fund noted with concern that Ohangwena Region ranks third in the number of road crash-related fatalities, while a high number of incomplete claims also arise from the region, lacking the required documentation or simply being incorrectly filled out.
“These incomplete claim forms cause challenges for the fund to finalise the claim process within the prescribed period,” she said.
She added that the community outreach programme will address this aspect, including 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 stated that the MVA Fund on Wheels programme allows the company to reach remote communities especially where it has no service centres.
Previously the MVA Fund on Wheels programme was taken to the Erongo, Khomas and Omaheke regions. There are plans to reach all 14 regions in the country.