Videos from the Garden of Flowers (November 14, 2020)

The Garden of Flowers has been in full-swing for only 2 months, but already we are seeing a beautiful unfolding of the environment as well as the children’s work and the teachers’ efforts. Below are several videos of the children in different parts of...

A book of memories and images of House of Flowers

Dear Friends,  In 2003 and 2004, a photographer and friend of the Montessori House of Flowers named Judy Duchesne-Peckham traveled to Kabul to visit and document life in the House of Flowers Orphanage. Her photos captured the lives of the children and told the...

Funding and the Future, 2020 and beyond

It would be easy to give up on Afghanistan. After so many years of turmoil, it often feels like things are not getting any better. And maybe they’re not. The future looming with the Taliban and peace is very unclear, especially what it may mean for the girls and...

Where Do the Children Live? A New House in Fall 2019

Afghan elections were scheduled to happen this year on September 28. As the whole world knows, elections are always a fraught time in Afghanistan, with an unpredictable security situation.  Then in mid August, the staff of the House discovered that a political...