During this period, Khadr worked with a number of charitable non-governmental organizations that served Afghan refugees and set up agricultural projects. He set up two orphanages for children whose parents had been killed in the Soviet invasion of the 1980s. He funded the construction of Makkah Mukarama Hospital in Afghanistan with his own savings,Bell, Stewart (October 10, 2001)). "FBI hunts for 'The Canadian': Former Ottawa man appears on primary list of suspected bin Laden associates". National Post.Review of Book of 120 Martyrs in Afghanistan Bell, Stewart (January 24, 2004). "Khadrs Reveal Bin Laden Ties". National Post. as well as seven medical clinics in the refugee camps of Pakistan.
