Following her mother's lead has helped an industrious 10-year-old's charity efforts.

Chelbiee McIntosh-Roche was so touched by the television coverage of the Haiti earthquake that she came up with a novel fundraising idea.

She rolled up her sleeves and spent a full day doing a whole range of household chores in her South Norwood home, raising about £200 for the earthquake relief effort.

Her mother Luana explained: "One day Chelbiee was complaining that I was taking too long making her breakfast so I said to her 'you should be in my shoes for a day'."

Charlie, who lives on South Norwood Hill, took up the challenge and, with the help of her second cousin Nekeshia McKenzie, 12, embarked on the action-packed day of chores.

The pair made beds, cleaned the floors, did the laundry, took out the rubbish, made breakfast and dinner for the family, and ran a bath for Chelbiee's seven-year-old brother Kolbey .

Luana added: "I stayed in the house in case the girls needed my help but they just enthusiastically got on with it.

"I thought it might be too hard for Chelbiee but she's such a determined girl.

"Afterwards she was exhausted. Often she does not go to bed until 10pm but on this day she was sleeping like a baby at 8pm."

Chelbiee, a pupil at All Saints' Junior School, in Upper Norwood, insists she enjoyed the experience.

"I learned just how much hard work my mum does," she said.

"With the three of us kids, she often has to clean the house after us."

The most enjoyable chore for Chelbiee was making dinner of roast chicken, cajun rice and a spicy sauce.

The worst task was having to clean all the skirting boards.

"They all had dirt on," explained Chelbiee.

The youngster says moving TV images of the destruction caused by the earthquake convinced her to do her bit.

She said: "I felt so sad when I saw all the people with nowhere to live, and many of them were badly injured.

"When I grow up I would like to start my own fashion company.

"Then I would pass some of the clothes on to Haiti and other poor countries."

Grandmother Christine McIntosh, from St James's Road, West Croydon, helped Chelbiee create sponsorship forms on the computer.

"We took photographs of them as they were going about their tasks," she said.

"Chelbiee and Nekeshia keenly did all our jobs. We are really proud of them."