The pursuit of social solidarity, in particular social and socio-sanitary assistance, and the protection of civil rights and human rights, with particular attention to the rights of women and children. The Foundation aims to provide, in Switzerland and worldwide, programs and projects for disadvantaged or socially deserving individuals, with the following objectives: a) cooperation for development in favor of economically less developed populations and, in general, the fight against poverty, including access to health, food security, water, socio-economic development, and environmental protection; b) humanitarian aid in the event of natural disasters and emergency situations, including prevention and post-emergency rehabilitation; c) prevention and resolution of problems affecting abandoned, marginalized, violence-threatened, or poor individuals, particularly children, young people, and women, migrants, and refugees; d) education, promotion of teaching and education quality; e) international volunteering. In accordance with its purpose, the foundation is a non-profit, apolitical, and non-denominational entity that operates in Switzerland and abroad. The founder reserves the right to modify the purpose in accordance with Art. 86a CC.