Bernice was one of the fishing children rescued by Mr. Evan Robbins through the International Organization for Migration (IOM). During her early ages, her mother divorced her father due to a misunderstanding between them; Bernice's mother took Bernice away to live with her in a fishing village in the Volta part of Ghana called Awatetornu while looking for greener pastures. Things didn’t go well as planned by Bernice’s mother which made their situation worse. She could not afford to take care of Bernice and her other children as a single parent. She was finding it very difficult to cater for all her 9 children so, she gave Bernice out to work with a fisherman and his wife in exchange for helping Bernice to go to school but she ended up not going to school.

Bernice never had the opportunity to go to school rather, she was doing domestic chores such as fish mongering, smoking fish, frying fish, fetching water and firewood, and preparing food for the huge family beyond her strength. She suffered many forms of abuse such as beating, and abusive words. She worked for about three years with the fisherman and his wife until the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Mr. Evan Robbins came to rescue her in 2011 when she was barely 12 years old. She was then moved to Accra for rehabilitation and later reintegrated to her mother at Sogakope. She was then placed into school starting from primary three.

During her schooling, her mother’s co-tenant who the mother trusted to take care of Bernice when she traveled for business purposes took the opportunity to sexually abuse Bernice and got her pregnant. The issue was reported to the Social Services and the man was taken on the law to care for Bernice. However, the man later absconded neglecting Bernice and her son, Junior. Breaking The Chain stepped in, gave Bernice proper counseling, and placed her back in school. BTC paid all her fees in school, provided school needs, rented a place for Bernice, and supported her with feeding and provisions. Her 7-year son, Junior benefited as well from the support from BTC such as stipend and tuition fees.

Bernice continued to Junior High School and graduated. She was later enrolled in a vocation to learn beauty and cosmetology. She successfully graduated with a Proficiency 1 & 2 certificate in Beauty and cosmetology from the National Vocation and Technical Institution (NVTI) of Ghana.
She currently owns a business as a Beautician through the support of Breaking The Chain. BTC rented her shop and equipped her with the necessary beauty and cosmetology materials and tools. Bernice has employed two other Ghanaian ladies who are learning the trade under her supervision.

Bernice told the BTC team during one of Evan Robbin's visits how grateful she was to be given a second chance to achieve her dreams. She said this as tears ran down her cheeks.