Khaled Hosseini's foundation educated Afghan students and built shelters for displaced families

Khaled Hosseini, the Afghan-born author of The Kite Runner, founded a non-profit organisation that supports vulnerable people in Afghanistan today. The Khaled Hosseini Foundation says it has provided more than $2.2 million in grants, helping fund education, shelter, healthcare and economic opportunities for women. Its reported work includes building 537 shelters that house more than 3,200 men, women and children, as well as providing education for over 15,000 students.According to the Khaled Hosseini Foundation, it also helped fund an expansion of a maternity centre expected to assist in the delivery of 6,000 babies and care for roughly 33,000 women a year. Started in 2008, the organisation works through non-profit groups operating in Afghanistan.Khaled Hosseini Foundation focuses on humanitarian support in AfghanistanThe Khaled Hosseini Foundation was started by the award-winning author of The Kite Runner in 2008. It is registered as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organisation and says its work centres on humanitarian relief and shelter for families, economic opportunities for women, and healthcare and education for children in Afghanistan.Rather than describing itself as a direct service...