The KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE STUDENTS' ORGANIZATION (KCMC SO) is an association of students that is within the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC).

The organization is a non-governmental, non-profit making and an independent students' organization, which fulfils its objectives to the best interests of its members.

It is a board which represents the students in the various academic, administrational and social matters. It is also the official medium through which the students communicate to various institutions.

The organization gets its funds from the students through an annual subscription fee of Tanzanian Shillings Three Thousand Only.

The organization organizes various colorful events like KCMC Social Night, Sports Bonanza and Cultural Day.

Since its existence, there have been many positive changes in various aspects of the student life at the campus.

OBJECTIVES:
* To protect and promote students interests in all aspects of their lives during the academic tenure at KCMC.

* To establish proper organizational basis for communication between different schools authorities and students as well as maintaining fraternal relations between students and academic members or staff, the hospital staff and KCMC Hospital Community in general.

* To promote love and respect for learning and to ensure that every student understands his responsibility to educate himself/ herself to the best of her/ his capabilities and in doing so cherish and promote academic fractions as an inalienable right of each student from any KCMC schools.

* To enlighten students on their rights.

* To maintain and promote fraternal relations with other students in other Health institutions, and other higher learning institutions in Tanzania, Africa and world over.

* To perform duties and execute all powers imposed or conferred on students organization by or under the law of the medical ethics practicing and the law of the land.

* To ensure a good academic milieu for the attainment of better expertise in future practices.

FUNCTIONS:
KCMC-SO in pursuing its objectives stated in article 5 above may further carry out the following functions:

* To initiate, sponsor or undertake activities for the benefit of the students regardless of which student they belong to at KCMC.

* To organize debate, seminar, workshop, conferences congresses, case presentations, stuffy tours and symposia to create intellectual, awareness of the student community especially in the medical field.

* To mobilize funding and sponsorship for students, research in all academic fields in order to promote creativity and originality on matters of intellectual interest to the scholarly community of KCMC, the nation and world at large.

* To broadcast and disseminate news through the mass media and publish its own journal, books, newsletters, leaflets, newspapers, magazines and presenting information to the public.

* To undertake fund-raising activities students' organization may deem necessary.

* To invite at any time distinguished personalities such as, political, social, academic, cultural or religious leaders to interact with the panel or group discussions, workshops, or any other means that will promote a healthy discussion of contemporary social, religious, scientific and academic issues.

* To correspond and communicate with students youth, religious, academic organizations and other organizations which share and promote objectives common to those of KCMC SO.

* To establish committees, commissions, or any other functional organs for the better carrying out of the objectives of the organization.

* To organize and lead students to adopt in a concerted manner non-violent forms or just struggle and resistance, for realization of their just demands and rights in conformity with the objectives and status of KCMC SO.

* To undertake generally any other activity or function in conformity with KCMC SO status and objectives.

* To promote various activities of other organizations being affiliations of KCMC SO such as foreign students organizations and the like.

click here to download a copy of the constitution of
KCMC SO 2007 / 2008.

click here to download a past copy of the constitution of
KCMC SO.

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