"Helping others makes you happy."
Helping others makes you happy (both the giver and the recipient). That's why I founded the non-profit organization Dr. Şahin help. When I was in Afghanistan with the German Armed Forces as a doctor, I was only able to do good on a small scale, but even then I felt that helping others made me happy.
"It's incredible how much the children in particular enjoyed it."
When I traveled to Senegal years later in February 2020 and opened the first well there, I was able to experience the joy and happiness of these people firsthand, and that was an incredible feeling for me. It was unbelievable how happy the children in particular were, because before they had to walk for hours just to get a little water. They couldn't believe that they suddenly had clean water in abundance in their own village.
"I have to give more there!"
Seeing the sparkle in these children 's eyes, feeling the happiness they experienced from something that we take for granted here, touched me deeply. I returned to Germany knowing thatI had to do more there! I told my family, friends, and patients about this amazing experience and was able to inspire them too. This made it possible to open many more wells in Africa and do even more good. I personally took the donations I had collected to Tanzania in July 2020 and to Senegal again in October 2020. In doing so, one thing became very clear to me: possessions alone do not make us happy. I realized that when you use your possessions to do something good for another person, without expecting anything in return, and give them something that makes them happy, only then do you experience true happiness and joy for yourself.
"Together we can give the gift of happiness"
I myself have been very fortunate in life. Although I come from a modest background, I was able to attend school, study, and become a doctor.
That is why, in addition to building wells, supporting orphans is very important to me.
We want to give these children a home, and every child should have the right to an education. Together, we can give the gift of happiness andenable the adults of tomorrow to have a better future .