November 1st, 2008

Salifu Kamara Stands Up for Children's Rights

Salifu Kamara is a volunteer with War Child Canada's Youth Outreach Team.  Salifu gives inspirational presentations about global issues at high schools and colleges across the United States.

Salifu was born in a small village in northern Sierra Leone. Growing up he loved to play soccer with his friends. During the long and brutal civil war, he was conscripted as a child soldier.  He was beaten and finally escaped from the rebel army after two ...

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