-All Ok After Earthquake

The last few weeks have been a heavy flurry of difficult times in the world, with the earthquakes rocking western Afghanistan and the human upheaval in the Middle East. Several of you have asked if all is ok with everyone in Kabul after the earthquake. So this is just...

-A New House for the GoF (House #4!)-

The month of June was spent in transition: after the decision to leave the Garden of Flowers house where the water well had run dry, the team searched high and low for a good place in a needy neighborhood. After three previous moves, they knew exactly what was needed:...

– Summer Brings Changes

No news? Nothing shocking? That’s right, the last 3 months at the Garden of Flowers have been quiet, normal, positive, stable. What more could we want in a place like Kabul? Days with ice cream from the ice cream man, and planting flowers, and welcoming new...

-Trying to Ease a Brutal Winter in Kabul…

The Garden of Flowers is thriving, with 20 young children coming daily to their cozy Montessori school and enjoying a hearty lunch to fortify them against the most brutally cold winter in Afghanistan in ten years. Many are not so lucky. All throughout the city of...

-Back to Work at the GoF! (Sort Of…)

At the end of December, our teachers Fatima and Razia were among the thousands of other Afghan women banned from working, since they are employed by an NGO (MEPO, as well as our Afghan partners, HEWAD). For the next 20 days (Razia kept count!) they stayed home while...