 Nesbitt is a patron of Wave , a charity set up to support those traumatised by the Troubles . The charity faced closure due to funding problems before Nesbitt encouraged celebrities and artists to become involved . Since 2005 , he has been a UNICEF UK ambassador , working with HIV and AIDS sufferers , and former child soldiers in Africa . He describes the role as " a privilege " . Writing in The Independent about his visit to Zambia in 2006 , Nesbitt concluded that the children he met were owed a social and moral responsibility . The article was described in the Evening Standard as " moving and notably well @-@ crafted " . Since 1999 , he has been a patron of Action Cancer , a result of both his father 's affliction with prostate cancer and a storyline in the second series of Cold Feet , where his character suffered testicular cancer . He has been an honorary patron of Youth Lyric , one of Ireland 's largest theatre schools , since 2007 . 
 Nesbitt <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>a patron of Wave , a charity set up to support those traumatised by the Troubles . The charity faced closure due to funding problems before Nesbitt encouraged celebrities and artists to become involved . Since 2005 , he <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>has</mark></a> been a UNICEF UK ambassador , working with HIV and AIDS sufferers , and former child soldiers in Africa . He <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>describes</mark></a> the role as " a privilege " . Writing in The Independent about his visit to Zambia in 2006 , Nesbitt concluded that the children he met <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>were</mark></a> owed a social and moral responsibility . The article was described in the Evening Standard as " moving and notably well @-@ crafted " . Since 1999 , he <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>has</mark></a> been a patron of Action Cancer , a result of both his father <a href='null_genetive' title='6'><mark>'s</mark></a>affliction with prostate cancer and a storyline in the second series of Cold Feet , where his character suffered testicular cancer . He <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>has</mark></a> been an honorary patron of Youth Lyric , one of Ireland <a href='null_genetive' title='8'><mark>'s</mark></a>largest theatre schools , since 2007 . 
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