Hands Across The Water  

Helping the Thai child victims of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami


"On the morning of 26 December, 2004, an earthquake off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, registered nine on the Richter Scale, and triggered tidal waves of up to 30 feet that, in varying degrees, reached more than 18 countries. Five million people were affected, a million left homeless and more than 300,000 lives from 55 countries lost. In Thailand, 5395 people died: approximately half of these were from foreign lands, including Australia. Khao Lak and Phi Phi Islands were the areas to suffer most.

Reports vary but most agreed the wave height was between 10.6 metres and 13.8 metres. Facing west to the Andaman Sea, Khao Lak took the force of the wave head-on, leaving everything destroyed from the shore to the mountains behind. Dolphins were reportedly carried 1.5km inland" (From the book Hands Across The Water by Peter Baines)

Hands Acrosss The WaterAustralian Police Officer Peter Baines formed the charity Hands Across The Water after he was deployed to Thailand at the height of the 2004 tsunami disaster. The aim of the charity is to raise awareness, and funds, to assist the children of Thailand who were directly affected by this tragedy. Many, many children were left homeless, without any surviving family members, finding themselves without careres.

Some were mere babies when the wave washed away their families, as well as extended families and friends.Sadly, many also lost their homes when entire villages were destroyed. In Khao Lak 2000 children lost one or both of their parents.

Hands Across The Water is Peter Baines contribution to helping these orphaned youngsters. The charity assists the children of Baan Tharn Namchai Orphanage, helping them to restore their young lives which were so brutally devastated in 2004. You can help also, by making a donation to Hands Across The Water, or by purchasing this recently released book.
 



Updated October 2009
 

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