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...

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:...

  The newsletter below was sent out on June 19, 2023. To sign up to receive updates, please go to Contact.  Summertime in Kabul It's been a quiet few months in Kabul, in the Garden of Flowers Montessori Preschool. While this doesn't make for exciting headlines,...

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 students...

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...

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...

This newsletter was sent out by email on December 8, 2022... 7,300 Days of Montessori in Afghanistan Children do not count the passage of time by years. They live by the day. That's why it seems more appropriate to count how many DAYS of Montessori education MEPO has...

Every day the teachers and adults of the Garden of Flowers brave long taxi rides and stressful conditions on the streets to come to the children. Besides teachers Razia and Fatima, there is Najeeba the cook, and Hedayat and Nik Mohammad, the guards and assistants....

Long before Afghanistan was known for war, it was famous for the quality of its fruits. The sweetness of the fruits that ripen in the intense Afghan sun are one of the great pleasures of life that people still enjoy today. The children of the Garden of Flowers have...

As we enter the fall season, we look back over the summer as a pleasant and stable time at the Garden of Flowers. The children learned, played, grew. The teachers also grew in their skills and their work as Montessori guides. The children are thriving as a community,...