There is a Chinese saying that goes:
“If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing.
If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody.”
For centuries, the greatest thinkers have suggested the same thing: Happiness is found in helping others.
My current Charitable activities are:
Sponsor a Child in Conflict Zone or Help ancient ethnic minority group: Yazidis
Freemasons Without Borders™
Prostat Cancer
Scouts Sans Frontières™
Commemoration of V.W.Bro. Celil Layiktez
Sponsor a Child!
Your sponsorship will make a huge difference to
a girl or boy in need – ensuring they have
enough to eat, an education and hope for the future.
When you sponsor a child you’ll help make sure they get nutritious food, clean water and an education. You’ll be their only sponsor and you’ll receive regular updates about their life.
Child sponsorship costs just £25 a month.
Your sponsorship will ensure that the Yazidis,
the ancient ethnic minority group, will continue
to recover from ISIL’s destruction and prosper…
I’m very much affected with the dignity of Yazidis during my service in Iraq. I’m continuing to support charities that are providing help to Yazidies, closed religious minority who believe that their religion is very old dating back to the history of mankind.
Freemasons Without Borders™
Freemasons Without Borders initiative set up as an weekly online meeting platform to keep Freemasons connected during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns which provided mental health support especially to 70+ members not just in United Kingdom but all around the world.
I’m very proud as a founding father of FWB initiative and greatful for everyone whom continuing support it. FWB has set an example and inspired many similar online meetings groups among the Freemasons around the world during the pandemic.
Please also visit Freemasons Without Borders Lodge of MMM No. 2031. A lodge that has been consecrated with 254 Mark Master Masons founders around the world on 30th October 2021 at United Grand Lodge of England-UGLE in London. This is 1st ever Mark lodge consecrated at Freemasons’ Hall, UGLE in Mark Master Masons history. And the lodge has highest petitioners ever in the history of Mark Masonry. Thank you all for making a dream come true…
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Prostate Cancer
I’m an Ambassador Speaker available across the England & Wales to talk about first-hand experience of prostate cancer, raising men’s health awareness in among the masonic groups.
Each year approximately 47,000 men in the UK are diagnosed with prostate cancer;
it is the most common form of cancer amongst men, but it can often be treated successfully!
There are three presentation topics to select from, each created to meet the varying needs of audiences. The three presentations available are:
Presentations generally last 30 minutes, with Q & A time to follow, although this is flexible, dependant on your requirements.
Please note I am not a medical professional. I can not give medical advice or recommend treatment options.
Please contact me if you wish to book a Ambassador Presentation at your masonic festive board or social meetings! Go to Top
Scouts Sans Frontières™
Disasters know no borders and can hit one or several countries simultaneously without warning. Every year, millions of people are forced to leave their home due to conflict, violence, human rights violations, persecution and natural hazards. The number of forcibly displaced people continued to rise in 2020, calling for increased humanitarian assistance.
The World Organization of Independent Scouts with 46 affiliated Scout organizations in 19 countries established Scouts Sans Frontières™ in 2018. As a founding father of this initiative, our aim to provide Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations with wood badge holders around the world.
I’m “The Three Bead Wood Badge” holder which is an award for Assistant Course Directors in Scouting and have experience of humanitarian aid in conflict zones over 6 years. My aim is to establish Emergency Response Coordination centre and create a team of 30 members with wood badge holder’s in UK and Europe whose able to respond to Flooding, Extreme weather, Forest fire, earthquake, marine pollution.
The Emergency Response Coordination centre will provide all necessary trainings via mobile / tablet apps in English, German, Spanish and French.
Commemoration of V.W.Bro. Celil Layiktez
16-03-1935 ∼ 29-06-2020
Very Worshipful Bro. Celil Layiktez
V.W.Bro. Celil Layiktez is one of the first names that come to mind without hesitation when it comes to the History of Freemasonry in Turkey. His researches, articles and books, some of which are published in English, are the reason why he is known not only in our country but also in the world.
V.W.Bro. Celil Layiktez was a very speacial Brother to me. Perhaps it’s something to do with “11” He was initiated at Müsavat Lodge No.11 under Turkish Constitutions. I was initiated at Enoch Lodge No. 11 under UGLE Constitution. He also has written 11 books! And I have 9 books to write 🙂
I’m privilaged to create his Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celil_Layiktez
Please also visit his website where all of his works are published online at CelilLayiktez.COM
Anyone who knows V.W.Bro. Celil Layiktez knows very well that he was in love with his wife. Unfortunately he said goodbye to his precious wife on February 1, 2011. It’s not suprising that he also had his name carved on her tombstone with his birthdate… I could not have ever guessed that I would have the task of carving the date of our Master’s passing the Grand Lodge above to their tombstone to complete it.
Six months after his funeral which was held during the Covid-19 restrictions I’ve managed to have a contact with Dogan Layiktez, son of V.W.Bro. Celil Layiktez who had all belongings of our beloved Brother. Dogan Layiktez offered to sell all masonic belongings and archieves which included very important researches that he has done for substantial amount of money which I personally paid to save them.
I’m proud to announce that all of our beloved Master’s masonic works together with his masonic belongings are now available to Brethren at a museum named after him under Progresif Masonluk Dernegi. Celil Layiktez museum is accessable to all Brethren. Please contact Progresif Masonluk Dernegi to book your visit for a free of charge.
Progresif Masonluk Dernegi is also taking care of the grave maintenance which includes gravestone cleaning, the replacement of gravel chippings, delivering fresh grave flowers, weeding and tending living plants, as well as ensuring that his grave is regularly cared for and tidy on weekly basis.
His grave is located at Bulbulderesi Mezarligi, Uskudar-Istanbul where he rests with his beloved wife Nes’e Layiktez.
