The foundation pursues the non-profit purpose of enabling children and young people from countries on the African continent to receive a basic school education. This can be achieved, for example, through financial contributions to local schools; through direct financial contributions to children and young people with the aim of enabling them to attend school; through the construction and operation of schools on site; through financial or personal participation in non-profit projects of other non-profit organizations with the same purpose and geographical orientation. The foundation is not bound by party politics, ideology or denomination. The foundation's profits and capital are exclusively dedicated to the aforementioned purpose. Commercial purposes are excluded.