Seventh-Day Adventist Women's Ministry mission holds fruitful discussion with President  Ramkalawan |23 August 2022

The Seventh-Day Adventist delegation in the company of President Ramkalawan and First Lady Linda Ramkalawan (Photo: Louis Toussaint)

A visiting Seventh-Day Adventist Women's Ministry mission yesterday afternoon paid a courtesy call on President Wavel Ramkalawan at State House.

Heather Dawn Small from the Seventh-Day Adventist Church World Headquarters in  Maryland, Margery Herinirina from the Seventh-Day Adventist Women’s Ministry in Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division were accompanied to State House by Sabrina Watts, the Seventh-Day Adventist Ministries director for Seychelles mission.

Speaking to the press after their meeting with President Ramkalawan Mrs Heather Dawn Small said they had a very fruitful discussion with the head of State.

“We had a very informative and fruitful discussion with the President about women in society, some of the challenges they are facing. Abuse being suffered by women and the problem of drugs in the country and how women are being severely impacted were also discussed among other related matters,” she said.

Mrs Dawn Small highlighted that the President was very concerned about the current situation and he was eager to know what the Seventh-Day Adventist Women's Ministry is doing to empower women and strengthen their resolve in their homes, the latter being the centre of society.

As a non-governmental organisation, the Seventh-Day Adventist Women's Ministry aims to help tackle such issues as abuse and violence against women.

“We also discussed what we could do to help children as well, children in foster care, in the President’s Village and other institutions.

Mrs Dawn Small noted that their engagement with the President was one that was very welcoming, with the President keeping an open mind and ready to act. She added that they offered the President their assistance to work with the government.

“We are more than willing to work with the government. And of course there are various other religions and we are hoping the government can call us all in and see how we can work together to deal with these issues,” Mrs Dawn Small noted.

Marla Simeon