Onyinyechukwu Bernadette Ezejesi

Sr. Onyinyechukwu Bernadette Ezejesi is a Nigerian Missionary Sister of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary serving in Freetown, Sierra Leone. She coordinates the Fullness of Life for Children Management Program, accompanying children and young people affected by war, poverty, disease and trauma. She holds a bachelor's degree in sustainable human development from Tangaza University College in Kenya. Her work focuses on promoting education and addressing sociocultural barriers to girls' education, alongside child protection and gender-based violence prevention. She collaborates with schools and with community and religious leaders to support vulnerable youth and also leads sensitization on early marriage, teenage pregnancy, and drug abuse, including the growing impact of "kush."