The non-profit foundation serves two main purposes: Improving the living conditions of disadvantaged people in Switzerland and in developing and emerging countries, with a focus on helping children and young people to provide them with better education and training. Improving the living conditions of animals at home and abroad, preventing cruel and undignified treatment and transportation, protecting their habitats and supporting animal shelters. Support in accordance with the above purpose is to be provided through direct assistance and support of non-profit institutions that have a demonstrably low administrative and advertising expenditure. Assistance abroad is to be provided in cooperation with local experts. The foundation can accept any kind of donations, inheritances, legacies or work performances. The foundation is politically and religiously neutral, does not pursue commercial purposes and does not strive for profit.