A WREXHAM couple have put their wedding plans on hold so they can campaign to end world poverty.

Greg Ogden and Cassie Davies are due to marry on Saturday, July 9. But first they travel to Edinburgh with the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) to begin the protest to Make Poverty History on Saturday, July 2.

There they will link arms with thousands of other marchers to form a human white band around the city.

The white band is the symbol of the Make Poverty History campaign.

'Me and Greg are not great at organising things but we have had to really concentrate to make sure our marriage plans remain on schedule,' said Cassie.

'We are having a big wedding in Llangollen and have been planning it for a year.

'But we have had to work harder to realise our plans since we decided four weeks ago to attend CAFOD's march.'

Greg said it was an inspirational speech by Nelson Mandela that spurred them into action.

'Mandela's speech on poverty a month ago really hit home,' said Greg.

'We agreed that for the G8 leaders not to do what is needed would be a crime against humanity.

'There is this overwhelming feeling that something has to be done and we both feel this is our moment in time when our voices can be heard and that is why we are going to Edinburgh to give our support, to add our voices.

'To stay silent in the face of such injustice, to miss this opportunity for change would indeed be a crime.

'We simply feel we have to be there to play our part, however small in bringing the awareness and the subsequent change in what for us is a defining moment in this planet's history.'

Make Poverty History is set to take over Edinburgh for the week following Live8 on Saturday.

'It will be a little sacrifice for me because I organised my hen night before we knew about the march and it is the night before,' said Cassie.

'So I will go straight from a night out on to a coach bound for Scotland at 6am on Saturday morning.

'It could make a difference for people in Africa who are dying every day and living in abject poverty.

'We will return that same night and get back to preparations for our own big day.

'But these issues are immediate and need action now. We can't wait for our own lives to fall into line with the campaign, we have to just do what needs to be done.'

Greg is a passionate supporter of human rights and has attended marches in the past including the big protest in London at the beginning of the war in Iraq.

He met Cassie at a writing class in Wrexham.

'The first time I actually took any notice of Greg was when I heard he had been on an anti-war protest,' said Cassie.

'We were having a tea break in class and out of politeness I asked him what he had done at the weekend.

'He said he had been to the London march and I thought it was amazing to find a man who cares enough about the world to take action.

'I was so impressed. It sparked a long conversation and that was it, we fell in love.'

Neither Cassie or Greg are members of CAFOD or Wrexham Peace and Justice Forum (WPJF) but Greg believes whether you are a member of a group or not, if you can help in any way you should.

'It is really great that all different types of people with different beliefs and from different walks of life can come together to support one united cause, to begin to end poverty in Africa,' he said.

'This is something anyone can get involved with. It is not something other people do in London or Manchester or Edinburgh, it is something people in Wrexham can play an important role in because when everyone pulls together everyone is an important part of the process.'

Bishop Edwin Reagan, Catholic Bishop of Wrexham, will lead more than 200 people from North Wales in Edinburgh on the march.

'It is justice, not charity that demands that we put an end to poverty,' he said.

'If everybody has the right to live in conditions that respect human dignity, then we have a duty to make this happen. Let us reach for the skies.'