by allison | Mar 12, 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...
by allison | Mar 12, 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...
by allison | 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...
by allison | Feb 13, 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...
by allison | Feb 11, 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...
