by allison | Dec 24, 2021
The Persianate world, including Afghanistan, celebrates the winter solstice as an ancient recognition of the victory of light over darkness. In Afghanistan, this night is called Shab-e-Chelleh (or Shab-e-Yalda). In the old days, people stayed up the whole night...
by allison | Nov 21, 2021
The new Garden of Flowers has been open for almost 3 weeks now, and to see the pictures and hear of the stories of children is almost as though nothing ever happened, like the Taliban were a bad dream… Of course it’s not a dream; they are still there. But...
by allison | Nov 21, 2021
MEPO has a new and updated Facebook page ! Here is the new location. Please share!! Hope to see you there… https://web.facebook.com/MEPO.Hope
by allison | Nov 21, 2021
Despite the logistical hurdles of withdrawing money, our team has begun the critical work of giving food supplies to those in need. Initially the team had a great idea of giving out card vouchers for families to redeem at local shops for a set of staples. But the...
by allison | Oct 27, 2021
It has been agonizing, knowing what the people of Afghanistan are going through, the struggles perhaps to even survive. Loss of jobs, domestic displacement and upheaval, insecurity, skyrocketing prices – all of these forces are happening at the same time....
