Empowering Kenyan seafarers with welfare, careers, and opportunity.

The Kenya Seafarers Welfare Association (KESEWELA) is a non-profit welfare organization established in 2010 to promote the welfare, health, professional development, and socio-economic well-being of Kenyan seafarers and their families.

KESEWELA provides a platform that supports seafarers through welfare programmes, medical and funeral assistance, employment advocacy, training opportunities, and partnerships with key maritime stakeholders.

Our commitment is to improve the quality of life for seafarers by promoting decent work, occupational safety and health, financial resilience, and access to career development opportunities while advocating for rights, unity, integrity, accountability, and professionalism in the maritime community.

Through strategic collaboration with government agencies, maritime institutions, shipping companies, development partners, and the Seafarers Union of Kenya (SUK), KESEWELA seeks to increase employment opportunities, enhance maritime skills, and strengthen social protection for members.

• Medical and funeral welfare scheme for members.
• Employment placement and career support.
• Maritime training and capacity building.
• Welfare assistance during emergencies.
• Health awareness and anti-drug campaigns.
• Financial literacy and savings initiatives.
• Stakeholder engagement and policy advocacy.

KESEWELA envisions becoming Kenya's leading seafarers' welfare organization by providing sustainable welfare services, promoting professional excellence, and contributing to the growth of Kenya's blue economy. Through transparency, accountability, and member-centered leadership, the Association continues to build a stronger, healthier, and more prosperous maritime workforce.

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