Do you hate it when your mint gum makes your ice water taste too cold ? Or your phone charger wo n't reach your bed ? A group fighting for access to clean water in developing nations has created a fundraising video that takes such first world gripes and casts them in the stark light of poverty . In the 60-second video , the group WATERisLife has impoverished residents in Haiti , the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere , recite tweets from the popular hashtag # FirstWorldProblems . The hashtag , a perpetual presence on Twitter , pokes fun at people who have more than the basics of life covered , and yet grumble when , say , their neighbor blocks off his wi-fi access . In the video , `` First World Problems Anthem , '' a man outside a dilapidated tin-roof house says `` I hate it when my house is so big , I need two wireless routers . '' A young girl near a stream where women are washing clothes adds : `` When I leave my clothes in the washer so long they start to smell . '' Another scene shows a boy sitting on the concrete steps of an unfinished cinder block house . His `` gripe '' ? `` When I have to write my maid a check , but I forget her last name . `` # FirstWorldProblems Are Not Problems , '' the text at the end of the video reads . `` Donate to help bring clean water to those in need . '' The lack of safe drinking water is the world 's single largest cause of illness , according to UNICEF . And WATERisLIFE says that waterborne disease around the world this year will kill 6,500 people a day . `` We 're not setting out to humiliate people who have used the # FirstWorldProblems hashtag , '' said Matt Eastwood , the chief creative officer of the ad agency DDB New York , which created the video . `` Rather , the project encourages people to think before they tweet . There are much more important problems in the world than not getting a hot-enough latte in the morning . '' The video has racked up more than 1.7 million hits in less than month . And the campaign may be having the desired impact . `` I used to think that first world problems were hilarious , but now I just feel﻿ bad . '' says a comment posted under the video on YouTube . Another person laments : `` Okay ( it 's ) true﻿ i am a self centered stubborn brat . I have no idea how good i have it . '' Ultimately , the clean water group is trying to benefit from a Twitter-inspired guilt trip . `` People are becoming desensitized to suffering and we needed to enter the social space with a provocative approach to get those who are lucky enough to have simple things such as water , food , and shelter to reflect on their 140 characters and support causes like WATERisLIFE , '' said Kristine Bender , the executive director of the nonprofit .
A video contrasts first world complaints with developing world ones . Impoverished Haitians read the Twitter `` complaints '' Haiti is the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere . WATERisLIFE promotes clean drinking water .