UK Wedding News
17/02/2012
Clare, 33, and Dave Roberts, 38, from Hagley, asked friends and family to give money rather than buy items from a wedding list.
Working with worldwide Christian aid charity Mission Direct the couple will fly out to Kenya for their honeymoon and build a refuge for young Maasai girls.
The couple, who got married in December, will be working for the worldwide aid charity Mission Direct.
Speaking at a special training day ahead of the two-week trip, Mrs Roberts told the broadcaster: "We came up with the idea of doing this for our honeymoon and asking people to contribute towards the cost of the trip instead of the usual John Lewis list.
"People have been amazingly generous and we have had to provide very little ourselves.
"That freed up our money to give straight to the project itself.
"I have always regretted not having had a gap year when I was younger and have wanted to go to Africa to do some charity work for a long time."
"We looked at the available projects in Africa and considered the ones which took place in the school holidays," she continued. "We were drawn to Kenya because of the chance to go on a safari at the end.
"We were also drawn by the idea of working with children, which both of us enjoy doing for our jobs, and helping with some building work, a new challenge for both of us.
"We're not really the sitting on the beach types and wouldn't feel comfortable booking a luxurious romantic holiday for ourselves.
"This will be one of the most memorable things we'll do in our lives, I expect, and that is what we wanted from a honeymoon."
(GK/DW)
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Newlyweds Sacrifice Honeymoon For Charity
A newlywed couple have swapped their wedding list for their "bucket list", the BBC reports.Clare, 33, and Dave Roberts, 38, from Hagley, asked friends and family to give money rather than buy items from a wedding list.
Working with worldwide Christian aid charity Mission Direct the couple will fly out to Kenya for their honeymoon and build a refuge for young Maasai girls.
The couple, who got married in December, will be working for the worldwide aid charity Mission Direct.
Speaking at a special training day ahead of the two-week trip, Mrs Roberts told the broadcaster: "We came up with the idea of doing this for our honeymoon and asking people to contribute towards the cost of the trip instead of the usual John Lewis list.
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"People have been amazingly generous and we have had to provide very little ourselves.
"That freed up our money to give straight to the project itself.
"I have always regretted not having had a gap year when I was younger and have wanted to go to Africa to do some charity work for a long time."
"We looked at the available projects in Africa and considered the ones which took place in the school holidays," she continued. "We were drawn to Kenya because of the chance to go on a safari at the end.
"We were also drawn by the idea of working with children, which both of us enjoy doing for our jobs, and helping with some building work, a new challenge for both of us.
"We're not really the sitting on the beach types and wouldn't feel comfortable booking a luxurious romantic holiday for ourselves.
"This will be one of the most memorable things we'll do in our lives, I expect, and that is what we wanted from a honeymoon."
(GK/DW)
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