Mariatu Kamara

Overview

Mariatu Kamara born Magboru, Sierra Leone May 26, 1986. UNICEF Special Envoy for Children in Armed Conflict; both hands cut off with machete by boy civil war rebels when she was 12.

Quotations

On the boy soldiers who cut off her hands: "I just think it's time to let go. . . Forgive them. They are also our brothers. They suffered, too." (Toronto Star, Sep. 2, 2008; photo glogster)