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This is doc hendley. >> this is luis. >> very nice to meet you both. [ speaking in native language ] >> okay, great. >> we hope to hit water. the people hope we hit water. but we're not sure, so we can't make any promises so all it is right now is we're going to try our best. this place probably floods pretty good because all the houses are on stilts. >> this is the way we have to do it here. >> how much of the year is it under water? >> about three or four months. >> wow. >> when that happens, they

A couple of really close run ins where i nearly lost my life. our convoy was ambushed and that experience changed my life and it basically gave me the foundation that i needed to build wine to water on. you ready for more? we got our official start in early 2004 and then it took five years to get around to four different countries and 25,000 people. wine to water's philosophy is we believe that every single human being on this planet deserves the right to clean drinking water. ♪ came home late that night ♪ because i blackened from the light ♪ >> then as 2009, i was nominated as a cnn her...

City just a little bit, it absolutely feels like you're in the middle of nowhere. we are heading up the river to a little village which actually translates directly into the miraculous or the miracle. we have got the amazon river and all these tributaries that are leading into the amazon river, so there's water all over the place, but that water is absolutely filthy, they're bathing, they're washing their dishes, all right there in the same water source and that's the thing that's causing them to get sick. >> welcome to the amazon mud. we are going to meet the village leader. >> yes, they elec...

We are heading up the river to a little village which actually translates directly into the miraculous or the miracle. we have got the amazon river and all these tributaries that are leading into the amazon river, so there's water all over the place, but that water is absolutely filthy, they're bathing, they're washing their dishes, all right there in the same water source and that's the thing that's causing them to get sick. >> welcome to the amazon mud. we are going to meet the village leader. >> yes, they elect every four years. this is doc hendley. >> this is luis.

Love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. here in the u.s., it's hard for us to understand the water crisis because we have it right at our fingertips. there are some countries where it takes many women and children four and five hours every single day just to get water. and then it's absolutely filthy and making the children sick. when you see that firsthand, you can't help but be changed from that. my name is doc hendley. i used to be a bartender. now i bring water to the world. cnn heroes changed everything. before, we reached four different countries.