UNICEF: Mariatu Kamara on the right to live safe from harm

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Mariatu Kamara is UNICEF Canadas Special Representative for Children in Armed Conflict and is also the founder of the Mariatu Foundation, which seeks to provide refuge and healing for women and children in her native Sierra Leone.Ms. Kamara is a survivor of the civil conflict in Sierra Leone.

At age 12, she was taken captive by rebel soldiers who cut off both her hands. This ordeal was followed by three years in a refugee camp. Ms. Kamara fled her native country in 2002 and received asylum in Canada.

Since then, Ms. Kamara has worked with both UNICEF and the North American NGO Free the Children to promote child rights and decry the impact of war on children. As a UNICEF Canada representative, she has visited programmes in Sierra Leone. She recently won the Voices of Courage Award from the Women's Refugee Commission.

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[Oxgunter]

read her book

she is amazing

[dramagal7]

I feel so guilty to live in North America. We have way too much, even though I try to live a very minimalist life style it is still more than some people could ever hope for.

[mabinihome]

a brave person oh l feel so humble

[wiseduck26]

She was just at my school a few days ago to share her story. It was very shocking but inspiring at the same time.

[BlondesCanBeSmart]

She came to my school today :)

[510twinkle]

@Oxgunter omg im reading her book rite now,,its amazingg=]

[510twinkle]

@macloveraim omg me too,,its awsome,,im on the part where the journalist come nd interview herr,,its soo heart touching

[macloveraim]

i am currently reading her book "the bite of the mango" and it is so tragic what she experiences.her story is positive unlike precious where even in the end she finds out she has aids, 2 kids, and nowhere to live.this is real