World Health Organisation Centre partners with Hands Across The Water

Peter Baines, international keynote speaker and founder of Hands Across the Water is proud to announce that the World Health Organisation Centre has agreed to partner with Hands Across the Water for Capacity Building in HIV/AIDS care, treatment and support. A meeting between Peter Baines and Professor Julian Gold, Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre, will see the two organisations lead a project in the Yasothon area in Thailand. Together they will build capacity within the community around education and improvement of health services delivery. The main focus is to improve the life expectancy of the children suffering from HIV and remove the stigma within the community of those affected. In the coming months the team made of representatives from the WHO Collaborating Centre and Hands Across the Water will travel to Thailand to begin work in the HIV/AIDS affected area of Yasothon.

Peter Baines continues to deliver when it comes to caring for the children in Thailand who were left behind after the devastating 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami. As a forensic investigator Peter has led both national and international teams in times of crisis following events such as the tsunami, the Waterfall train disaster and the Bali bombings. The Boxing Day Tsunami claimed an estimated 250,000 people with many children left with nothing. As part of an Australian response to provide disaster victim identification experts, Peter led international teams through the recovery and identification. Peter committed then and there to change the lives of the affected children. After the commencement of Hands Across The Water in 2005 the first orphanage opened in Baan Tharn Namchai, Phuket in August 2006. Since this time a second orphanage has opened, a rubber plantation has been established and the construction of a community centre is well under way.

Hands Across the Water now moves help north to Yasothon, 530km north east of Bangkok. Most of the kids who live at the Suthasinee Foundation in the town of Yasothon are either HIV infected or come from a family that is too ill to care for them because their parents suffer from HIV or have died from an associated illness. The founder of the orphanage, in what is a cruel turn of fate, is battling pancreatic cancer and is quite ill. We have committed to helping these kids on their journey, one which presents many different challenges to the other kids we support at Baan Tharn Namchai .

Peter Baines continues his commitment to ensure that 100% of donations are used to directly benefit the children within these orphanages. Peter is a keynote speaker with clients across Australia and the world. Peter’s keynote topics include corporate leadership, change management, corporate social responsibility and continuing business post crisis. In the face of disaster Peter remains focused on providing long-term change for these beautiful children of Thailand.

If you are interested and wish to support Hands Across the Water please visit the website www.handsacrossthewater.com.au. If you have an event that requires an inspirational keynote speaker then complete a booking enquiry online or visit www.peterbaines.com.au