Atiku Bakari, 12, living in Cameroon’s embattled Northwest Region, had gone to fetch firewood that fateful July 16, when his eyes fell on a rare “toy”: a hand grenade. As Atiku innocently grasped the lethal object to start throwing around, it detonated—shattering his right hand, hitting him on the chest and wounding his stomach, and leg. His older brother, Aliyu Bakari, who was with him, also sustained serious wounds on his leg, stomach, and hand. On getting the information, their mother, Zenabu Bakari, 33, fell fainting on the ground. Neighbors rushed the two children to the Fundong district hospital, where Atiku’s right hand was immediately amputated. The two victims were then referred to a bigger health facility, the Mbingo Baptist Hospital. “After spending 2 weeks in the hospital, Aliyu’s bill amounted to FCFA 87,200 [US $156.43]; I couldn’t afford to pay; A Catholic Priest helped me pay it,” Zenabu, mother of …