The proposal had the attention of Lions International president Wing-Kun Tam when he was in town last week.

Dr Tam, who was in Melbourne for less than 24 hours, took time out last Thursday to meet with the head of CPEC and discuss the proposal.

He told the Weekly it was an honour to be in Melbourne and praised CPEC's work. "They have a group of very good people taking care of those children. They have been working day and night to help them build their confidence, to stand up, to walk and see the world."

CPEC chief executive and chairman Garry Prigg said he was overwhelmed when he heard that Dr Tam would be coming to visit. "You literally cannot express appropriately enough the profoundness of having the world president visit," he said.

The centre was established in 1998 by Claire Cotter, who still works as its director of services.

In Australia, one in every 400 babies is born with the condition, which affects muscle control and tone.

Mr Prigg's dream is to bring cerebal palsy teacher education beyond Australia and presented his idea to Dr Tam.

"By doing this they're able to provide their experience and their expertise to the rest of the world," Dr Tam said.

Mr Prigg said the proposal was aimed at educating teachers and therapists so they can help children affected with cerebral palsy as soon as possible.

"We get children coming to us here that are eight months of age.

"So the earlier we can get them, the more chance they've got of being able to manage their bodies physically and able to learn to communicate even if they can't speak."