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Whilst tens of thousands died during Sierra Leone's civil war, thousands who survived were left with physical and psychological damage.

Mariatu Kamara was one of those survivors.

She was just twelve years old when rebel child soldiers invaded her village, killed her family and chopped off both her hands.

She managed to escape and eventually made her way to Canada to start a brand new life.

Now aged twenty-three, Mariatu is an Ambassador for the United Nations Childrens' Fund, UNICEF.

Matthew Bannister met Mariatu in the Outlook studio and asked her to describe her life before war came to her village.

by Mariatu Kamara is published by Bloomsbury.