A CORSTORPHINE couple are asking for mosquito nets, goats and chalk as wedding gifts.

Carry Johnston and Willie Burt, of Gilberstoun, Brunstane, have decided to ditch the traditional toaster, kettle and dinner set for the kind of goods and equipment that could be shipped to some of the poorest people in the world.

When the couple tied the knot last month, they requested money towards buying building materials, food crops and equipment for two Kenyan village schools.

Now they plan to hold a charity fundraiser instead of a wedding reception to help fund further improvements .

The list of items has even been sent to Africa by a charity that Carry helped set up with friends eight years ago after one of her co-founders spent time in a Kenyan hospital.

Carry, 42, a distribution worker with the Herald and Post, said: “We just thought that we’d rather people put a couple of pounds towards buying mosquito nets instead of getting us a toaster.”

Carry and Willie, a 39-year-old taxi driver, have already raised £700 for the charity - called Magi Safi, which means “clean water” in Swahili - and have spent most of their holidays in Kenya.

So far, they have helped build two schools and have raised money to buy goats and chickens for the families living in the villages.