The association aims to provide all services in the fields of healthcare, social welfare and social security, a) to support and promote the internationally active operating cooperative VITA-CASA, based in Zurich, in achieving the statutory goals adopted by the association. These are guided by the vision that all people have the opportunity to shape a life with dignity, b) to make the operating cooperative VITA-CASA known in Switzerland, c) to acquire shares and participations of the operating cooperative BVC in its own name, but on behalf of natural and legal persons as well as public and ecclesiastical corporations that provide the funds. The association does not pursue any commercial purposes and does not strive for profit.