The Chaplaincy and Counseling Department serves as a vital resource for the spiritual, emotional, and mental well-being of our university community. Committed to fostering a supportive and inclusive environment, our department offers a range of services aimed at addressing the diverse needs of students, faculty, and staff
Counselling provides individuals with a safe and confidential space to explore their thoughts, feelings, and emotions.
Counseling can enhance interpersonal relationships by improving communication skills, conflict resolution, and boundary-setting abilities.
Counseling fosters personal growth and self-discovery by encouraging individuals to explore their values, beliefs, and goals.
Oversee pastoral activities to provide spiritual and social nourishment for students.
Organize mentorship programs to enable students to deal with spiritual, academic, and financial needs.
Coordinate pastoral linkages both locally and globally through affiliations to provide mentorship to students.
Organize joint services to enhance spiritual cohesiveness by bringing various groups together.
Organize outreach programs to help meet the needs of the surrounding community.
Provide guidance and support to students and staff through pastoral and professional counselling to help them deal with issues affecting daily life.
Perform socio-religious duties such as presiding over baptism, sacraments, weddings, and funerals to meet the spiritual needs of the Institution’s community
Attending relevant training in matters relating to chaplaincy to enhance efficiency and productivity.
Conduct orientations for new students to sensitize them on various chaplaincy activities.
Liaise with the wardens to address spiritual and social issues in the halls of residence.
Organize for external speakers that address emerging issues in both the religious and social circles through public lectures;
Establish frameworks and schemes for the provision of medical care and services to students in the Graduate School.
Kenya Medical Research Institute
P.O Box 54840, 00200
Mbagathi Road,
Off Raila Odinga Way
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: (254) 0202722541/4,
0713112853/4
graduateschool@kemri.go.ke