her name is kevin kilroy. she's 16 years old. well and clean water to the region. únot all water is clean. to me clean water mean that his you won't get sick from drinking your own water. i didn't think it was possible that people couldn't have clean drinking water. people in the world today. this is a problem i thought was long gone, but it's still very much in our lives. >> the republic of nyjer is a lands-locked country in west africa. the population is more than 16 million people. and the country is about 80% desert. kevin lives about 8,000 miles from it. >> many team die every year from not having clean water. >> some of the statistics we found are staggering. worldwide, every 21 seconds a child dies from water-related illnesses. and 3.4 million people die each year. >> i really care about the people, they are not that much different from anyone, i was raised to treat everybody equally. you know, the golden rule, treat your neighbor like you treat yourself. because they are 8,000 miles away, doesn't mean they are any le impo