Hundreds of millions of dollars are distributed every year by Masonic bodies worldwide, for social welfare, medical care, and relief of survivors of natural and man made disasters.
Numerous charitable projects have been organised by the Grand Lodge of India, The Regional Grand Lodge of Southern India, and by every Masonic Lodge under the Grand Lodge of India. The Grand Lodge of India constructed a new residential cluster with all amenities including a community hall in the aftermath of the Tsunami in the coastal areas of Kanniyakumari district with the combined efforts of the brethren of both Kanniyakumari and Trivandrum for the successful execution of the project at the village of Pallam.
The Madras Masonic Charitable Trust runs a hospital at AG 95, Shanthi Colony, Anna Nagar, Chennai.
Lodge Prudentia has instituted the KANYA GYAN Project for the Enlightenment of the Girl Child through Education.
Lodge Prudentia has instituted the KANYA GYAN Projectfor the Enlightenment of the Girl Child through Education. 120 needy girls have been enabled to complete their schooling starting from the 6th grade.
It is the duty of Freemasons to ‘give in the cause of charity’ (William Preston in his Illustrations of Masonry, 1772).
Every Mason is expected to give at the end of every Lodge meeting, as well in the cause of charitable projects undertaken by the Lodge, and the Grand Lodge, to soothe the unhappy, to sympathize with their misfortunes, to be compassionate to their miseries, and to restore their troubled minds. Masonic charities around the world have been relieving human suffering around the world for many centuries.