Employee health and wellbeing

“A Healthy Lifestyle for a Better Life”

During FY2025/26, we continued to invest in employee wellbeing through targeted initiatives that supported physical, mental, social, and financial health. These initiatives promoted healthier lifestyles, strengthened engagement, employee productivity, teamwork, and overall wellbeing. Highlights of wellness initiatives:

Staff counselling and psycho-social support

In collaboration with the Healing Talk Counselling Team, employees received continued counselling services to cope with issues such as mental health, relationships, family matters, finances, and other situations that may affect an employee's wellbeing.

Additionally, over 160 employees’ children and teenagers benefited from a counselling session held in December 2025. This demonstrates our inclusive approach to employee wellbeing, together we are creating an enabling environment where employees and their families can cope with social challenges.

Company health advisory support

Our Company Health Advisors provided occupational health services including periodic health assessments, fitness-for-work evaluations, and workplace health advisory services thereby promoting a safe and healthy work environment.

Family support and parenting

The Fund strengthened support for work life balance through the following initiatives:

Maintaining a well-equipped workplace creche to support children whose mothers are returning from maternity leave to re-integrate back into work
Staff sensitisation during World Breastfeeding Week 2025 on the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding and providing a supportive workspace for nursing mothers to attend to their babies
Ongoing child development and parenting guidance through the Parenting Pros at the Fund forum, including articles, counselling sessions, and practical parenting tips

Physical fitness and lifestyle

During the year, the Fund implemented several initiatives to promote physical fitness and encourage healthy lifestyles among employees, including:

Wellness Townhall: Introduced daily stretch breaks and a dedicated employee wellness hour
Wellness Awareness Campaigns: Introduced daily stretch breaks, a dedicated employee wellness hour and installed wellness-themed standees across branches and offices to reinforce healthy living messages
Staff Sports Day: Held a staff sports day in March 2026 to promote fitness, teamwork, and engagement
Annual Step Challenge: Recognised the 50 top performers and active participants to encourage regular physical activity
Aerobics Sessions: Extended participation to Workers House Tenants and neighbouring institutions
Decentralised Gym Access: Partnered with Omni Gym App, to provide employees with access to over 60 gyms

NSSF employees participating in the Annual Sports Day

HIV/AIDS policy and community support

In line with the Fund HIV Policy, voluntary HIV counselling and testing and cervical cancer screening was undertaken to encourage early detection and prevention. Employees also contributed UGX 6.5 million through a voluntary donation drive supporting TASO Soroti Branch, to sustain an income generating tailoring project for people affected by HIV/AIDS.

Human resource policy review

The Fund reviewed and enhanced its human resource policies to provide greater support for new mothers, including the option to work remotely after maternity leave until their babies reach six months of age. This promotes maternal and infant wellbeing while facilitating a smooth transition back to the workplace.

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