-An Ordinary Yet Magical Four Months at the Garden of Flowers-

by | Apr 3, 2022

You might remember that the Garden of Flowers reopened in November 2021, 4 months after the Taliban took over. In those 4 months, the fantastic team of the Garden of Flowers Montessori Preschool cultivated a community of 18 beautiful children from the neighborhood....

-Celebrating the Light of the Solstice at the GoF

by | Dec 24, 2021

The Persianate world, including Afghanistan, celebrates the winter solstice as an ancient recognition of the victory of light over darkness. In Afghanistan, this night is called Shab-e-Chelleh  (or Shab-e-Yalda). In the old days, people stayed up the whole night...

-Children Settling In at the Reopened Garden of Flowers-

by | Nov 21, 2021

The new Garden of Flowers has been open for almost 3 weeks now, and to see the pictures and hear of the stories of children is almost as though nothing ever happened, like the Taliban were a bad dream… Of course it’s not a dream; they are still there. But...

-Back on Facebook!-

by | Nov 21, 2021

MEPO has a new and updated Facebook page ! Here is the new location. Please share!! Hope to see you there…    https://web.facebook.com/MEPO.Hope

-Food Aid for Families Underway-

by | Nov 21, 2021

Despite the logistical hurdles of withdrawing money, our team has begun the critical work of giving food supplies to those in need. Initially the team had a great idea of giving out card vouchers for families to redeem at local shops for a set of staples. But the...

-Teachers Reach Those in Need of Food-

by | Nov 7, 2021

With the crisis at hand since the Taliban came to power, MEPO has been committed to reaching people directly who need help in Kabul, particularly those in need of food aid due to displacement or loss of work, etc. But this was much more challenging that anyone...