Canadian couple cancel wedding to donate Syrian refugees
A couple have cancelled their expensive wedding to donate money to help the plight of Syrian refugees settling in their country.
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Canadians Samantha Jackson and Farzin Yousef decided to give the cash they would have spent on thier nuptials to charity after being moved by the photo of Aylan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian boy found dead on a Turkish beach in September.
The couple, who got engaged in the summer of 2014, had already booked the venue, hired a caterer and drawn up a guest list of 130 people. But instead of going through with lavish wedding, they cancelled it all and had a small reception at Toronto’s City Hall last month.
*Jim Martin - The Independent