Our Partnership for Risk and Resilient (P4RR) initiative is a partnership and collaboration between Santam and municipalities in South Africa. It is a systematic and sustainable insurance approach that emphasises the importance of early warning systems, preparedness and proactive risk management, all improving emergency response and disaster management capabilities within vulnerable communities.
For the last 10 years, Santam has proactively partnered with municipalities across the country in an ongoing effort to empower vulnerable communities, emphasising the importance of early warning systems, preparedness and proactive risk management, positively impacting the lives of over 12 million South Africans.
At Santam, we place importance on our accountability to fulfil the role of a responsible corporate citizen by managing and reducing risk through forging partnerships, building capacity and creating sustainable solutions and practices to enhance the resilience of communities.
Santam is invested in collaborating and building the disaster management and fire services institutional capacity of municipalities, specifically those serving vulnerable communities. From the installation of smoke detectors and the provision of skid units that can access areas inaccessible by fire trucks, our mission is to make a valuable impact.
Since 2012, Santam has invested more than R100 million in helping 82 municipalities across South Africa to better respond to the risk of fires and floods. Disasters affect the livelihood of our people and have a social impact on the poor, elderly and other vulnerable groups. The collective work put in to eradicate these risks go a long way in ensuring municipalities remain sustainable.
Partnership for Risk and Resilience is a programme aimed at building societal resilience through collaboration and partnerships with all spheres of government, state-owned entities, research and academic institutions, community-based organisations, and private sector agencies to co-create initiatives to enhance the institutional capacity of mandated organisations to effectively manage disaster risks.