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Mercy mission for Matt – Goole’s water hero
Matthew Armitage, of Goole, who's heading out on a WaterAid project to Zambia.
A FORMER Goole man flew out on a mercy mission this week to help get water on tap for some of the poorest people in the world.
Matthew Armitage, who now lives in Leeds, flew out to Zambia on Sunday after being selected to be an ambassador for the charity WaterAid.
While in the African nation for a week, The Yorkshire Water mechanical fitter will go on various excursions to see both rural and urban projects.
These will range from a ‘model village’ where WaterAid’s project work has been completed, to seeing what life is like in communities that have had little or no intervention from the charity – founded by Yorkshire Water 30 years ago.
“Here in the UK we see clean water supplies as a basic human right but in places like Zambia people know they have to drink contaminated water that makes them ill. This means they cannot go to work or school and so the effects are far reaching,” said Matthew, whose parents Mary and John, live on Western Road.
“There are villages where the school has had to close because the kids are off too often to make it worthwhile opening and I was shocked to hear that 4,000 children die every day from sickness caused by water related diseases.”
As part of the trip Matthew, 29, will spend a day with a family experiencing the hardships of living without water, from which he will write a case study to help WaterAid target help most effectively.
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