11) Women are celebrated at the House of Flowers (March 8, 2013)
March 8 has always been a special day at the House of Flowers. It is International Women’s Day, and every year the children and the House organize a special celebration in honor of women. Below is the description of this year’s Women’s Day celebration, as reported by...
10) Razia gets accepted to university! (March 2013)
One of the most common questions we receive about the House of Flowers is: What is the future of the children? Up until now we always had to answer rather vaguely, saying that hopefully they would continue their education, or get a good job, or something... But now we...
9) A budget adjustment and update (Feb. 20, 2013)
As many of you know, the House of Flowers was in a funding crisis at the end of 2012. The staff showed their true dedication to the children by absorbing a reduction of the budget and taking a salary cut until we were able to financially stabilize the House's...
8) The kids go bowling with the Rotary Club in Kabul – Results! (Feb.13 & 20, 2013)
The New Rotary Club's Bowling for Children fundraiser was a wonderful success in Kabul this week, as it became Bowling with Children! Fahim and Nik Mohammad took several of the older kids, arriving in a mini-bus at 4:30 and staying til 9:30. It sounds like they had a...
7) MEPO’s work goes beyond the House of Flowers (Feb. 2013)
Even though the House of Flowers is the major project of MEPO, our work and mission has always been to reach out to those in need who are the unseen, who fall through the cracks. Whether it's a poor village family in Bhutan that can't make ends meet, or a terribly...
6) Bowling for Children! (Feb. 7, 2013)
The title may sound a bit strange, but thanks to Kevin Avers and the New Rotary Club in Kabul, it is the announcement of a fundraiser for the House of Flowers at a bowling alley in Kabul, advertised on their fun flyer below. It is the first fundraiser organized for...
5) Children from New World Montessori support their Afghan peers in the House of Flowers
Read this inspiring letter from the director of the New World Montessori school in Wisconsin. Her students heard about the House of Flowers and immediately came up with a way to help…
4) It’s a New Year! Newsletter and Updates from the House of Flowers (Jan. 5, 2013)
[This newsletter was sent out to MEPO friends and donors in early January 2013.] As 2013 arrives, it's time for an update of things at the House of Flowers, and a look to the future. MEPO is re-establishing the House of Flowers system as of January 1, following a...
3) Nove Onlus hopes to help MEPO expand its Montessori program in Afghanistan (Dec. 2012)
Nove Onlus (www.noveonlus.org) is an Italian NGO founded by Susanna Fioretti, a friend of MEPO from Kabul. Susanna is very excited by the prospect of expanding a Montessori program and philosophy to the city orphanages of Afghanistan through the government. She has...
2) Countryside Montessori adopts the House of Flowers for the holidays! (Dec. 2012)
It is a natural fit that Montessori schools would want to support the work of the House of Flowers and its Montessori program for Afghan children. So we are very happy to announce that Countryside Montessori School in Northbrook, Illinois (US) has adopted the House of...