A MOTHER-of-seven helping to build an orphanage in India plans to visit the site in November.

And Ronnie Browse hopes her trip to the village of Sholapur will be caught on camera by a TV crew.

She is helping her friend Naomi Watson, an Indian woman living in Britain, raise £50,000 to build a shelter for street children.

Mrs Browse, from Stanney in Ellesmere Port, met Mrs Watson in Solihull while shooting the BBC TV daytime show House Exchange.

Inspired by Mrs Watson's vision, Mrs Browse has mobilised her friends back home to support the scheme. Even her children have joined in.

She explained: 'It costs £9 to educate a child in India for a year. My own children are paying this cost out of their own pocket money.

'I myself have 'fostered' six children over there.'

Her friend Nicky Adams has sponsored another four.

Mrs Browse is trying to get money for the appeal through various fundraising means.

And she revealed: 'London Weekend Television is interested in filming the project.'

As well as helping street children, the orphanage will help destitute women.

Mrs Browse said: 'Many girls and women end up in prostitution over there.

'These people need this to take them off the streets.'

Mrs Watson's two aunts work as community nurses in Sholapur.

'They are building a base for these girls so they can learn to look after themselves,' explained Mrs Browse.

She added: 'The longer I am getting organised on this, the longer these children are on the streets.

'I can't do it without the community helping and I know they will.'

Every penny raised goes straight to the appeal.

On Sunday Mrs Browse raised £50 with a car boot sale in St Helens.

A charity night will be held at the Wing Half pub, Stanney, on Friday, August 22, at 8pm. Meg Chatterton and Internet baby mum Judith Kilshaw will be appearing.

Tickets are £2.50 each, available from the pub, Nicky Adams or the Pioneer office.

Keychains made of shells from the Indian Ocean, which have been cleaned by the street children, are also available from Mrs Browse or at the Pioneer.

* Send appeal donations to HELP India, Naomi Watson, 14 Ettington Close, Dorridge, Solihull B93 8RR, or see Mrs Browse.