PROCEEDS from a fashion show organised by the family of a Wyedean School pupil who died aged 14 will help build a home for children in Tanzania.

The building – which will be named in honour of Natasha Scott-Falber – will be a fitting legacy to the teenager who spent time in Uganda with her family helping children when she was 11.

Natasha died of Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) after using a tampon for the first time and her family set up TSS Aware to raise awareness of the rare condition.

They stress that although Natasha died from using a tampon, TSS can be brought on by anything which cuts the skin and can affect both women and men.

The fashion show and auction, which took place at the Drill Hall in Chepstow, raised £2,000 which will buy five acres of land for a Christian charity called Fisch in Tanzania to build a permanent home to house street children.

Natasha's mother, Mandy, said: "In 2009 we went to Uganda as a family building a house for street children – she adored Uganda and the children and she wanted to do more.

"When Tash died I didn't want her legacy to be: 'that sad little girl who died of Toxic Shock Syndrome' – that isn't Tash.

"We want people to remember Tash as the happy, loving, friendly give-it-a-go girl and this is type of thing she would like to do.

"Fisch in Tanzania been going for seven years and is run by a young couple from London.

"They want to buy land and with £2,000 can buy five acres and over next two-and-a-half-years we will raise £10,000 to build a drop in centre.

"It will be named after Natasha so they will know about Natasha and we as a family think it is an amazing thing to do.

"For us it is a positive way to move forward."

To find out more about Toxic Shock Syndrome visit the TSS Aware website, http://www.tssaware.org">www.tssaware.org.