Khaled Hosseini Quotes

Medicaid protects impoverished children, the frail elderly and people in crisis, .. Its limited resources will be further stretched serving hurricane victims. Proponents of Medicaid cuts either undervalue Medicaid assistance or underestimate American compassion.

It's literally just been formed. It's a 501 C3, non-profit charitable foundation called, unsurprisingly, the Khalled Hosseini Foundation. The aim is to help refugees and aim vulnerable women and children.

My foundation was created so I can find a way to improve the living conditions of my people in the African continent, not just in Congo.

The U.N. acts as the world's conscience, and over eighty-five percent of the work that is done by the United Nations is in the social, economic, educational and cultural fields.

The 'Maddox Jolie-Pitt' Foundation's work is inspired by our children and their connections to particular countries.

I believe that UNICEF is the most important branch of the U.N.; they do exceptional work to help the neediest children around the world

When we know where the hungry, the homeless and the sick exist, then we can help.

[On her UNICEF work:] I'm glad I've got a name, because I'm using it for what it's worth. ... I do not want to see mothers and fathers digging graves for their children.

If people are hungry, ill-clad, unsheltered or diseased, nothing is so important as to remedy their condition.

Finally, I also come in recognition of the great work that has been undertaken by the NGOs and UN agencies that have been active for many years here, especially through the local staff and international staff here in Somaliland and in Somalia at large.

I've spent my entire life working to invest in human beings and human communities, to help them move down the path of economic development.

My favorite charity is the Women's Refugee Commission and the Nomi network.

One lesson that every nation can learn from China is to focus more on creating village-level enterprises, quality health services and educational facilities.

Shouldn't everybody join hands to give the basic minimum - food, education and health - to the entire population?

Ethiopia's government is doing a commendable job of working closely with donors and humanitarian organizations to educate parents about child marriage, and to support organizations like the Hamlin Fistula Hospital.

If it’s liberal to feed the hungry and house the homeless, you can call me a liberal. If it’s liberal to make sure a young mother can see a doctor when her baby’s sick, call me a liberal.

I've always admired the work that Save the Children does to improve the lives of children and their families all over the world.

I want to expand the compassionate conservative agenda. I believe life begins in the womb, and we should protect it. But it extends to a child in Darfur or someone living in poverty.

What I've said from the beginning is that I am going to try to help all the vulnerable populations in Afghanistan - and to a certain extent, that's the majority of Afghanistan.

We should stand up for those who can't protect themselves. Support kids and families who can't support themselves.

To respond to people's needs, humanitarian action has evolved from a temporary fix to a long-term safety net.

I'd love to work with children. I've set up the charity, and that's going well. We've got a lot of projects we're doing in Somalia, so I'd like to see how we're doing there.

It would be hard to find a single instance of a direct assault by positive effort upon poverty, vice, and misery which has not either failed or, if it has not failed directly and entirely, has not entailed other evils greater than the one which it removed.

It is my greatest wish that the Children’s Fund should continue to be a beacon of hope and light.

We're not going to let people die in squalor because we are Republicans.