major support for frontliis provided by the john d. and catherine t.acarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the wyncote foundation. and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. and a grant from millicent bell, through: >> narrator: 12-year-old nokubheka lives here in swaziland with her 17-year-old brother, melusi. recently, their mother died, of tuberculosis, leaving them orphans. ♪ (coughing) >> when they told me she has tb i felt so miserable, so dejecte. so bad, because tb, i know tb. it is a common disease, which destroys people. if tb isn't treated, it can eventually kill the individual. tb is the disease that can kill my sister. >> one day, a man was sitting on the tallest tree in the forest... >> (coughing) >> forgetting he is the... >> narrator: nokubheka's mother died from a multi-drug-resistant muta