by allison | May 13, 2021
**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...
by allison | May 10, 2021
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...
by allison | Apr 18, 2021
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...
by allison | Apr 18, 2021
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,...
by allison | Nov 21, 2020
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...
by allison | Nov 17, 2020
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...
