Letter sent to the International Criminal Court Office of the Prosecutor at E-mail address:  otp.informationdesk@icc-cpi.int ---------------------------------------------------------- Dear Sir/Madam, Honorable Prosecutor, For the last 22 years our organization has...

How often have we seen preschools filled with garish cartoon pictures and blaring colors? As if that is all that would attract the eyes and minds of children... But at the Garden of Flowers, the walls have been gradually graced with beautiful murals and handmade...

In May, we sent out a newsletter (see The Story of Obaid's Heart) telling about Obaid, a young man who grew up in the House of Flowers and whose disability of leg paralysis (perhaps polio) had resulted in great difficulties in establishing his life. In May he came to...

*This post is  a newsletter update that went out to MEPO's mailing list on May 11, 2021. If you would like to be added to our mailing list, please email us at mepo.hope@gmail.com. Let Us Focus On What We Can Do, Not on What We Can't By now, the heavy news from...

  **This story was included in a newsletter update that went out via email on May May 11, 2021. Obaid was one of the earliest children to come to the House of Flowers Montessori Orphanage in 2002.  He was then about 7 years old. Obaid was born with paralyzed...

The news coming out of Afghanistan these days is bad. Once again, headline-making violence is dominating. Women are worried. Everyone is worried. Well, not everyone. In the Garden of Flowers, 10 small children come to their new school every day to bask in the warm...

Afghanistan is nothing if not unpredictable: in March, our landlord kicked out the Garden of Flowers. He wanted to build a tall apartment building in its place. The staff, undeterred, began the hunt for a new house. Every day after work and on weekends they went...

At the House of Flowers from 2002 to 2020, it was always a strong tradition among the staff to have a celebration on International Women's Day with the children. Everyone dressed up, and the room was transformed into a fancy hall. One child served as announcer,...

Two months in... It was just a short two months ago that we wrote to tell you about the new Garden of Flowers Montessori Preschool in Kabul, and already, the Garden of Flowers is truly thriving, with15 children and their loving and dedicated teachers. Each week the...

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 their day, from...