STUDENT WELFARE OFFICE

You are cordially welcomed to the office of Dean of Students. The Dar es Salaam Maritime Institute (DMI) Dean of Students Office creates a culture of care for all students. The office is responsible for taking care of all aspects of students’ welfare ranging from social, mental, emotional, physical and spiritual for the purpose of evolving Institute learning environment that will enable our students to realize their dreams. The Office supports student learning through programs and services that promote growth and development, communicate the values and standards of the DMI community including advocating for students’ needs.

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For effective and efficient provision of Students welfare services, the SSU has three parts :

• Administration and Students Governance
• Guidance and Counseling
• Students Service Bureau

Administration and Students Governance

• Enhancing communication between the students and the Institute decision making organs.
• Enforcing and reviews Students By-Laws

• Enforcing and reviewing Welfare policy
• • Resolving conflicts that arise between individual students or between antagonistic groups of students.

  Guidance and Counseling

  • Promoting and providing Guidance and Counseling services to DMI Students and Staff,
  • Identifying and soliciting support to Students with special needs
  • Coordinating mentorship program

  Student Services Bureau

  • Facilitation of Loan issues
  • Facilitating availability of health insurances services,
  • Overseeing delivery of quality Cafeteria services in the University Hostels,
  • Advocating for creation of a conducive environment for students’ participation in Games and Sports in order to attain good physical and mental health.

   

  UNIT INFORMATION

   

  Consultation

  • Legal cases/ legal aid consultations are also made at legal unit/ to consult DMI legal officer
  • Religious Concerns: wholistic guidance and counseling is considered by the unit.

   

  Counselling

  ALL STAFF AND STUDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE: All students currently enrolled at DMI, are eligible to receive counseling services that is available from 8.00 am – 5.00pm Monday – Friday; but in case of emergence you can use

  HELP LINES 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

  APPOINTMENTS: Appointments can be made by contacting a Counselor, but our intention is to help students as soon as the problem arises/ as soon as they need help. The unit is committed to seeing/ helping students as quickly as possible.

  •           WALK IN CLIENTS ARE WARMLY WELCOME AT ANY TIME

  Offered to students who need helps time to time

  • Academic Counselling (What to read, how and when)
  • Personal Counseling
  • Group Counseling
  • Crisis intervation

  Offered to staff individual and group Counseling

  Training

  Facilitation of Mental health seminar to students and staff

  Facilitation of Extra curriculum, integrity and ethics, HIV/AIDs and NCDs seminar

   

  MOTTO: Healthier Mind – healthier Body

  Mentoring

  Enforce schools to allocate mentors then;

  • Distributing mentoring interview guide, discussion Guide and mentors and mentees forms
  • Collecting mentoring forms for evaluation.

  Special Needs

  Handling Students With Disability/ Special Needs:

  • Identify them
  • Providing moral support

  Handling conflicts among students

  •           When conflicts arise, the Unit used to sort out the raised conflict, Conflict resolutions seminar are regularly organized too.

  Establishment of CLUBS, PROFFESIONAL/ACADEMIC ASSOCIATIONS AND RELIGIOUS GROUPS

  ·         Unit should identify through DAMISO, confirm their registration at the Institute

  ·         ,Unit should be informed events planned to be conducted by Clubs, Religious groups or Professional Associations,

  Student Accommodation

  Provision of private hostel which is found nearby Institute price and mobile phone are stipulated hereunder

  NA	MUHUSIKAWA HOSTELI	ENEO ANALOPATIKANA	MAWASILIANO	GHARAMA	TULIYO YABAINI
  01	EUNICE & VENANCE KIWIA	FERRY KIGAMBONI	0713316034	70,000/= kwa mwezi pamoja na umeme	Kuna msongamano, pia hostel inahitaji marekebisho. Wanaruhusiwa kupika.
  02	MAMA KIWIA	FERRY SUPERMARKET			Hakuna tena Hosteli pamevunjwa na wanajenga frem za kupangisha
  03	SHAKURU HASSAN	FERRY	0713393998	Gharama ya hostel kwa mwezi ni 60,000/=pia 30,000/=kwa mhula kwa ajili ya umeme. Maji na usafi. Vilevile mmiliki ana vyumba vya elfu 70,000/= kwa watu wawili na umeme wanalipia 30,000/= kwa mhula	Ni hosteli nzuri ina usalama ,wanaruhusiwa kupika maji yapo ya uhakika.Mwanafunzi anaweza kulipia na kukaa chumba kulingana na uwezo wake wa kipato
  04	HUSSEIN MUHANDO	MASAWANI	0718697802	Gharama za hosteli ni 250,000/=kwa muhula	Anafanya ukarabati,maji yapo,kuna sehemu ya kusomea kwa ajili ya wanafunzi. Wanaruhusiwa kupita.
  05	IBRAHIMU BASHANGE	BIG BROTHER	0710190895	Gharama 280,000/=kwa mhula	Mazingira salama, maji yapo kuna sehemu nzuri ya kusomea. Wanaruhusiwa kupika.
  06	ABUBAKARY SHOMARY	UWANJA WA SWALA	0714663090	60,000/= maji na umeme 20,000/= Kwa Mwezi	Ni Hosteli nzuri ila ipo mbali kuna gharama za usafiri ya bajaji
  07	MAMA JOHN PAUL	KURASINI HOSTEL	078426303	75,000/=kwa Mwezi	Hosteli nzuri ina usalama na mazingira rafiki
  08	MACKDONALD KIWIA	TUNGI-KIGAMBONI	0714794886	280,000/=kwa muhula	Hosteli nzuri ina usalama na mazingira rafiki