Seychelles Mission

In 2019, we visited Seychelles where we evangelised and baptised two souls that gave their lives to Jesus Christ. Photo showing departure on left and baptism on right.

After visiting many places like, Mahe, La Digue, and Praslin, we saw how most young boys and girls on a plain suburban street in Mahe – Seychelles, far from the idyllic coastline and luxury resorts pampering honeymooners and paradise-seekers, heroin addicts’ queue anxiously for their daily dose of methadone. The Spirit of addiction has overtaken such a beautiful Island that it is becoming a stronghold. It is a scene few outsiders would associate with the tropical nirvana adrift in the Indian Ocean, and one rarely, if ever, glimpsed by tourists as they shuttle from the airport to five-star luxury on white-sand beaches.

According to research conducted by medical express.com, nearly 5,000 people are hooked, government figures show, equivalent to nearly 10 percent of the national workforce—a statistic that has startled the government into action. In comparison, 0.4 percent of the global population consumed opioids in 2016, half of them in Asia, according to a United Nations report that puts Seychelles among the top consumers alongside producing countries such as Afghanistan 1 .
The Seychelles' heroin boom, which took off over the past decade, gripped young and old alike and cut across class lines. Due to the prevalence of addiction on drugs and alcohol, GRACE Ministries International Inc, has taken the initiative to organise trips to work with volunteer organisations through our representative in Mahe –(Barbara) to implement a mentor me reconnect program.