Tim Buxton Tim Buxton

World Refugee Day

There are 65.6 million people displaced from their homes at this very moment - more than any other point in human history. Half of those displaced are children. 
Tonight, I ponder those statistics and it’s hard not to be overwhelmed with deep sadness. These resilient men, women and children don’t need our pity, they need our love in action.

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Tim Buxton Tim Buxton

Black Day - Yezidi Genocide

Yezidis all over the world mourned and remembered the horrific events that took place on August 3, 2014.

Words cannot describe the brutal and barbaric genocide at the hands of Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) that led to the kidnapping, enslavement and exploitation of some 8,000 women and children. We attended a commemorative service attended by hundreds of Yezidis that have recently settled in Australia.

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