Acknowledgments – Donors and Volunteers

Since 2016, the House of Flowers has received full operational support from Canadian Women for Women of Afghanistan. Other donors also continue to support MEPO and the House of Flowers, making it possible for the House of Flowers to be stronger and more responsive to the needs of children and the community.

MEPO Donors and Supporters 

Canadian Women for Women of Afghanistan -Keith Reynolds and Playground Builders – Lantern Projects-  Jane Jackson-  Nove Onlus-  Sydney and Jerry Schardt- Paola Valitutti-  Mary Ellen Kranzlin-   Craig Baker-  Dollar-a-Month Club-  A More Balanced World-  The Church of Skippy-  Goleta Presbyterian Church-  Reza Mohammadi-  KidsRFuture-  Tikkun Olam International-  Sue and Jay Spivack-  Charles Silverstein-  Arthur Woodruff-  Marie-Louise Frick-  Judy Duchesne and Dave Peckham- Adele Diamond-  Robin Fasano-  Sotire Kadidis-  Hassanali Mosaferi-  Mansour Jafarian-  Farhad Rostami-  Shinkai Hakimi-  Amieda Amin-  Armin Brugger-  Kaveh Khoshnood-  Joyce Ferris-  Beehive Montessori-  Montessori Center School-  KidsRFuture –  VV and Jean-Michel Bock-  Viviana Guzman-  Jodi Crutchfield and Kraig Lothe-  Jon Colliander-  Sheida Shirvani-  Mina Mokhtari-  Hilary Naylor-  Christopher Cunningham-  Belia Ordonez-  Julie Grant-  Suzanne Trickey-  Dorothea Tachler-  Roya Flowers-  Elvira Marcos-  Santa Barbara Chorale Society-  Sherrod PerkinsKeane-  Moin Mardokh-  Jill McGrath-  KT Anderson-  Azita Ghassemi-  Fraziska Oertle-  Chia Yihsu-  Bahram Galani-  Javad Ashrafi-  Murle Mordy-  Lida Ghaemi-  Viktor Lothe-  Sanjiv Nathwani family-  Mithra Rashidi-  Susan Wigler-  Jennifer Burns-  Countryside Montessori School-  Cathryn Kasper-  Quentin Johnson-  Nicki and David Rogers-  Aref Yaqubi-  Aysin Karaduman-  Jolanda Hogenkamp-  Francine Last-  Charles and Sarah Rhodes-  Franziska Aggeler-  Mary Lou Garrett-  Timothy Holmes-  Alex Gurvich-  Leela Bennett-  Asef Bayat-  Olga Wilhemi-  Shirin Bazieh-  Jeannine Laverty-  Mohan Vasudevan – Masoud Rafiee-  Reza Heshmati-   Shahrokh Ghaffari-  Reza Saberi-  Sheida Shirvani-  Changiz Fizbakhsh-  Rebecca Holder-  Taghi Amjadi-  Colette Fischer-  Oscar Feizi –  Akbar Feizi- Yasaman Khajenoori and Behdad Mojalal

Thank you so much. 

MEPO donors since November 2012…

Robin Fasano – Colin Baker – Penny Zargar – Guido and Elham Berger – Paola Valitutti – Willard Keane – Sohail Warsi – Rosa Van Meel – Mary Ellen Kranzlin – Uma Ramani – Rebecca Holdeer – Catherine Wood – Doanh Hoang – Janice Green- Jessica Gregg – Hilla K. Patell – Adele Diamond – Rita Schaefer Zener – Nalinthone Phonyaphanh – Reza Saberi – Behdad Mottahed – Farnoosh Lanjani – Mina Mokhtari – Seyed Madaeni – Nurit Mussen – Suzanne Pregerson – Nancy Lowenthal – Nancy Hartley – Lorie Cook – Darice Peruch – Stephanie Ross – Pamela Cox – Devin Grayson – Helen Reese – Nancy Fitzgerald – Kathleen Miles – Lee Bigman – Julie Bayless- Danielle Woermann – Jessica Broitman – Raymond Lifchez – Henry Ardalan – Edward Cooper- Miho Sato – Claire Gerard – Brenda Bell – Lila Shah- Jaleh Dargazani-Homa Fattahi-Alex Gurvich-Akbar Feizi-Mansour Jafarian-Daisuke Kanazawa-Charisse Czaja-Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh-Caroline Cook-Partow Nooriala-Surya, Sanjiv and Krish Shah-Nathwani-Lilian Bryan-Julie Grant-Jolanda Hogenkamp-Peter Gillies-Behrouz Talai-Cathryn Kasper-Taffy Miller-Masoud Habibian-Kaveh Khoshnood-Moin Mardokh-Alexa Kantgias, Kika and Matteo – Geoffrey Nash-Taghi Amjadi-Solana Foundation-Shahrzad Tadjbakhsh and Mehdi Chaker-Susan Wigler-Sulieman Tarbash-David and Rani Payne-Vivian Demuth-Esfand Negahban-The Rostamis-Mary Lou Garrett-James Nuhlicek-John Lziak-Mary Blaylock-Murle Mordy- Carol Schoffmann-Lida Ghaemi-Mariolina Tempella-Anonymous.

Oscar Feizi and Shida Jaberi – Halleh Ahadian-Shoreh Elhami/Javad Ashrafi and music students -Nirmaljeet Kaur Sandhu-Bev Jobrack-Mehrnosh Forozandeh-Amy Bammel-Kenda Watson-Jessyca Henderson/Casey Lide-Masoud Tehrani-Edward Cooper-Marty Klein-The Chopra Family-Keith Reynolds-Catherine Wood-Reza Mohammadi-Kevin Avers-Nerur Shivkumar-Ashley Grob-Becky Holder-Behrouz Talai-Carla Samardzija-Tom Cronin – Yogis and Chander Nijhon – Bronwen Roberts – Taghi Amjadi

Organizations

Nove Onlus – Linda Norgrove Foundation – The New Rotary Club of Kabul – Lantern Projects – Canadian Women for Women of Afghanistan – A More Balanced World – The Dollar a Month Club  – Goleta Presbyterian Church

Schools That  Have Donated to the House of Flowers Since December 2012

The students of Mr. Habibian, King George Secondary School (Vancouver, BC)

Priscilla Bovee and the Elementary class of New World Montessori School (Wisconsin)

The community of Countryside Montessori School (Illinois)

The Cobb School (Connecticut)

Post Oak Montessori School  (Houston, Texas)

Friends Who Have Given or Sent  Gifts, Toys and Needed Supplies to the House of Flowers  Robin Fasano – Colin Baker – Reza Mohammadi – Keith Reynolds – the New Kabul Rotary Club colleagues and Kevin Avers – John Strongman – Susie Bach

Volunteers Jerry and Sydney Schardt (volunteer headquarters in Ohio), Jules Layman (www.montessoriaroundtheworld.org), Carol Schoffmann (10 years of volunteer work with MEPO in New Jersey)

Donors over the first ten years (2002 – 2012):