This Four Year-Old Kenyan Boy Completing His Bucket List Will Break Your Heart (Video)

A heart-wrenching video of a 4 year-old Kenyan boy ticking off all the items on his bucket list shows what it’s like to be a child in a third-world country. The video, created by the clean-water organization, Water Is Life, revolves around a single defying statistic: Kenyan children have a 1 in 5 chance of dying before they reach age 5, primarily due to unsafe drinking water.
My name is Nkaitole, and one day I will be a Maasai warrior,” the 4 year-old says. “For now I take care of the animals.”
The two-minute video shows him completing his bucket list: riding on a boat, beating the fastest man in the world in a race, go-kart racing, flying on a plane, playing soccer in the national stadium, riding a tractor, taking a bubble bat, seeing the ocean, getting a massage, getting his first kiss, and riding in a hot air balloon.
The hashtag #5YearsToLive is inspired by the video.
Water is Life Launches Emotional Follow Up to #FirstWorldProblems, With #5YearsToLive http://t.co/KH3WFifHid
— Ad Age (@adage) August 7, 2013
Sniffle. DDB N.Y. helps young boy fulfill his bucket list in new campaign for Water is Life #5YearstoLive http://t.co/pAo1njb1Jg
— Ad Age Creativity (@creativitymag) August 5, 2013
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The nonprofit is currently asking for funds to achieve its mission of getting safe water to children who need it.
And this isn’t the first well-made campaign video behind Water Is Life. Another shows third-world children reading out tweets created with the hashtag #FirstWorldProblems.