It was a dream come true for Rosalyn Ferrer, 50, and Rommel Basco, 55, a homeless couple from the Philippines, when their wedding was finally being organised.?
According to a Mail Online report, the couple have been living together for the past 24 years in a small shack on an empty patch of wasteland with their six children.
After 24 years together, they were unable to marry because they couldn't afford it and were too busy focusing on getting enough food to eat each day.?
Richard Strandz who owns a hair salon near the couple's home, met the couple while they were collecting plastic to sell to scrape together money for food, and spoke to friends to arrange a complete wedding package for the couple.?
Now Richard has helped the couple process the papers for their marriage licence and will fund their church wedding once everything is in place.????
¡°I found out about how the two have been living together for more than two decades but cannot afford a small wedding. I was touched by their love story so I contacted my friends who had a wedding supplies business and thought of surprising them with a charity wedding,¡± Richard was quoted as saying by Daily Mail.??
¡°True love is something that should be celebrated. It¡¯s very special, no matter whether you¡¯re rich or poor,¡± he said.
¡°I once dreamed of having a white wedding but that was when I was a little girl. It went out of my mind long ago,¡± Rosalyn said. ¡°We never had enough money and all we concentrated on was getting enough food to eat each day. Now I feel so blessed that it has happened. I¡¯m so thankful.¡±
?Richard and his friends will also pay for the couple's church wedding, which they hope will be held later this year, once they have processed their marriage papers.