Reinhard Alois Erös (born 1948, in
Tirschenreuth,
Bavaria,
Germany) is a medical doctor and former
Colonel of the
German army. Since 1998 he has been running the Kinderhilfe Afghanistan a German
NGO dedicated to helping the children of eastern
Afghanistan. The organization builds and runs local and high schools, orphanages, medical centers, computer education centers and professional schools. He is helped by his wife
Annette and his five children, and lives in
Mintraching in
Bavaria, and he spends large parts of the year in Afghanistan.