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Mutuality through partnership
We build partnerships that let communities pool risk, so no household stands alone.
Protecting communities · Transforming lives
Turning vulnerability
Turning vulnerability
into resilience
Pupa is a Ugandan not-for-profit. We help households and communities protect one another against life's shocks, so one setback never undoes years of progress.
We build with the groups Ugandans already trust
Our approach
We work with communities, not around them
We don't hand over a finished scheme. We start where people already save, farm and support one another, then help them strengthen the protection they're reaching for.
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Community ownership
Groups shape and run the protection themselves. We advise, we don't sell.
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Awareness & understanding
Plain-language sessions help families see the risks they face and their options.
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Sustainable resilience
We connect communities to affordable solutions backed by mobile money and trusted partners.
Who we serve
The households most exposed, least served
Insurance was built for salaried, urban earners. The farmers, traders and savings groups who carry the greatest risk are left out. They already support one another, which makes them the natural place to start.
- Smallholder farmers and cooperatives
- Informal traders and market vendors
- SACCOs, VSLAs and faith networks
Communities at the centre
Why "Pupa"
The quiet stage before transformation
A pupa is the stage of change before a caterpillar becomes a butterfly. In the same way, we help households turn vulnerability into resilience, and struggle into progress.
- Owned by communities, not sold to them
- Grounded in how people already help each other
- A tool for transformation, not profit
Our vision
A Uganda where every household can withstand life's shocks and build a secure future.
The gap we exist to close
Millions live one shock from hardship
For over a decade, protection has stayed out of reach for the people who need it most.
0%National insurance coverage
0%Earn in the informal economy
0Objectives guiding our work
"Protection should be owned by communities, built on how they already support one another, and used as a tool for transformation, not profit."
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We welcome insurers, institutions, cooperatives, partners and community leaders who believe no family should face hardship alone.