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Patrick Egwu

Patrick Egwu is a Nigerian freelance journalist based out of Toronto. His work on human rights, social justice, religion, migration and development has been published by Foreign Policy, Daily Maverick, National Catholic Reporter, Global Sisters Report and elsewhere.

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Medical Missionaries of Mary Srs. Florence Njoku (left) and Nancy Ong'era stand together a few days before they traveled to Nigeria's general elections, which were held on Feb. 25.

After violent attacks, sisters of the Medical Missionaries of Mary in Nigeria launch mini clinic

In the last few years, the Medical Missionaries of Mary in Nigeria have found themselves entangled in a web of violent attacks by bandits. They have been living in fear and danger, unsure of what happens next.

 

In Kaduna state, Nigeria, Sr. Rita Schwarzenberger works to promote peace. She also runs Hope for the Village Child Foundation, a local nonprofit organization Schwarzenberger told GSR that the nonprofit organizes routine health outreach programs in rural communities. (Provided photo)

Dominican Sisters promote peace in Nigeria's conflict-prone communities

Sr. Rita Schwarzenberger helps communities resolve conflict through training. With another sister's help, she also runs a nonprofit to improve health in rural communities. The sisters have survived being targeted by bandits.

Sr. Justina Nnajiofor, left, and Sr. Chinaza Eze, members of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena, told Global Sisters Report that their faith is unshaken in the face of attacks by bandits in Nigeria. (Patrick Egwu)

Amid growing attacks, Dominican sisters in Nigeria invoke prayers for protection

Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena minister in Gusau in Zamfara state, Nigeria. Amid growing attacks in the region from armed gangs, the sisters live in fear. But they take precautions and focus on prayer.

Sr. Gloria Ozuluoke of the Religious Sisters of Charity teaches participants on the dangers of human trafficking and how to end it, at a training workshop at St. Anne's Centre for Women and Youth Development Feb. 8 in Lagos, Nigeria. Despite challenges, O

Sisters fight Nigeria trafficking with networking, advocacy and collaboration

Nigeria has one of sub-Saharan Africa's highest rates of human trafficking. But a network of Catholic sisters is coordinating anti-trafficking efforts to help survivors and prevent others from being victimized.

WhatsApp forums, social distancing: Nigerian sisters respond to the coronavirus pandemic

Nigerian sisters use WhatsApp to share knowledge about the coronavirus. As the virus spreads in Nigeria, they are educating the people in their ministries, including children in Enugu and trafficking survivors in Lagos, to take precautions.

Sisters' school fills an education gap in rural Nigerian community

Sisters support Nigeria's migrants traumatized by trafficking

In Nigeria, Daughters of Divine Love give hope to abandoned children