Art. 1
Under the name association Direct Donation, an association exists in the spirit of art. 60 ff. Swiss civil code with seat at Birmensdorferstrasse 155, 8003 Zurich. All person designations of these articles apply to both sexes.

II. Purpose and Goals

Art.2
The association Direct Donation supports projects for needy humans in emergency and charitable projects in the field of nature and environment. The association Direct Donation pursues charitable purposes.
The association Direct Donation pursues no commercial purposes and strives not for any profit. The members of Direct Donation have not any economical and economic advantages.
The association Direct Donation aims for the administration and operational guidance of the internet portal www.directdonation.org. The association Direct Donation offers an internet platform with publicity possibility, communication forum and market place to charitable relief organizations and their projects.
The association Direct Donation spends 100 % of the donation funds on the purpose in accordance with the regulation.
The association Direct Donation finances the administrative expenses with separately named actions and defined allowances.
The association Direct Donation shows "on-line" detailed information about the projects and reveals transparently the use of the donation funds.
The association Direct Donation provides a platform to relief organizations and their projects at home and abroad. The association Direct Donation is politically and denominationally neutral and independent toward a third party.

III. Membership

Art. 3
Members of the association Direct Donation can be natural or legal entities, who recognize the purpose of the association and are willing to promote. The association Direct Donation consists of the following member categories: - active members - passive members
- honorary members
The number of the members is unlimited.

Art. 4
Applications for admission needs to be addressed in writing to the executive committee. The executive committee decides on the admission with a three quarters majority. Active members are natural persons, who take over actively some tasks in Direct Donation. All membership rights are entitled to them.
Passive members are natural or legal entities, who support Direct Donation with the membership fee, without taking over actively any tasks. No right to vote in the general meeting is entitled to them. The association meeting can appoint natural persons as honorary members, who render outstanding services to Direct Donation, They are entitled to vote in the general meeting.
Art. 5 The membership expires in case of withdrawal, death or expiring of a legal entity and by exclusion The withdrawal can take place at any time on the end of a calendar year under adherence to a three-monthly period of time in writing to the executive committee. A member can be excluded by the executive committee, if it does not follow its obligations in relation to the association or if it reveals a behaviour which is incompatible with the purpose, goals or otherwise incompatible with the interests of Direct Donation. The executive committee finally decides on the exclusion of members without details about the reasons Against an exclusion of a member by the executive committee, an appeal can be lodged within 30 days to the association meeting. In front of the association meeting the excluded member has the right to be heard.

Art. 6
The annual membership fee amounts: for active members: CHF 10.00 for passive members: CHF 100.00 (natural persons) and CHF 100.00 (legal entities). The fiscal year of the association corresponds to the calendar year. The annual membership fees are prepaid and are due on every 31 January, for new members at the time of their entrance into the association.

IV. Organs

Art. 7
Organs of the association Direct Donation are:
1. The general meeting
2. The executive committee
3. The management
4. The auditing agency

V. General meeting

Art. 8
The members are invited in writing at least 20 days before the general meeting - under indication of the agenda items - by the executive committee. The General meeting usually takes place at 1st or 2nd quarter a year. Requests of members concerning the general meeting are to be addressed in writing to the president at the latest 10 days before the appointment. On request of the executive committee or at least of one fifth of the members or on request of the auditing agency, an extraordinary general meeting takes place. An extraordinary general meeting is called by the executive committee. Invitations to the extraordinary general meeting must be sent 10 days in advance and be contained the agenda items with the requests. A substitute by a third-person who is not a member is excluded in the general meeting.

Art. 9
The general meeting is responsible for:
1. Permission of minutes of the general meeting
2. Approval of annual report
3. Approval of annual account after having noticed the auditor's report 4. Distribution of the discharge to the executive committee 5. Adoption of a resolution on member fees 6. Adoption of a resolution on the amendment of the articles with a two-third majority of the present members
7. Election of the president
8. Election of the members of the executive committee
9. Election of the management
10. Election of the auditor
11. Appeal against exclusion of a member
12. Adoption of resolutions on requests
13. The voting on liquidation of the association requires the approval of at least 3/4 of the present votes. The general meeting decides, in case of liquidation on the use of the association assets. The assets have to be used, according to the purpose of the association, for the field of charitable organisations. A distribution among the members is excluded.

Art. 10
The general meeting is led by the president. In the case of his inability to come, by another member of the executive committee. The general meeting passes its resolutions with the absolute majority of the valid votes. In case of equality of votes, the chairman of the general meeting will make the final ballot. On elections, an absolute majority is valid in the first ballot, a relative majority in the second ballot of the recorded votes. Votes are taken in public, except for the fact that the majority of the present members requires a secret ballot. Passive members do not have the right to vote.

VI. The Executive Committee

Art. 11
The members of the executive committee are honorary active and have in principle only the right of compensation for their effective charges and cash expenditures. For special achievements of individual members of the executive committee, an appropriate remuneration can be paid. The executive committee - except the election of the president - constitutes and organizes itself. The executive committee meets as often as business requires, however at least once a year The convening is arranged by the president. The executive committee has the quorum, as soon as at least half of the members of the executive committee is present. The term in office of the members lasts one year, begins and ends every time at the general meeting. The executive committee can nominate a manager. The tasks and competences are laid down in an organization regulation.

Art. 12
The executive committee decides on all tasks, which are entrusted to it by the general meeting or by the law or articles. The responsibilities of the executive committee particularly includes:
1. Adoption of resolutions on all the association affairs which are not specifically entrusted to the general meeting or to other organs. It is particularly responsible for the whole management and the general supervision of the association's interests 2. Execution of the association's resolutions
3. Deputizing for the association in public
4. Financial plan, financial leadership and control of the use of the funds. 5. Convening of the general meeting
6. Employment and surveillance of the personnel which is necessary for the association enterprise as well as management and supervision of transactions of the office. The executive committee has the quorum as soon as at least three members are present Adoption of resolutions of the executive committee goes with a single-majority. In case of an equality of votes, the president will have the final ballot. The members of the executive committee signs collectively two of them The executive committee takes the minutes on its meetings and resolutions.

VII. The Management

Art. 13
The management adopts the operational activities of the association Direct Donation Tasks and competences are laid down in an organisation regulation
VII. The auditing agency

Art. 14
The general meeting elects one or several of auditors for the duration of one association year. The auditor gives or the auditors give the general meeting reports

VIII. Finances/Liability

Art. 15
The revenues of the association Direct Donation consists of: 1. Statutory membership fees 2. Voluntary contributions
3. Investment revenues 4. Returns on events and other activities 5. Contributions from individuals and from government agencies and organisations. 6. Other financial contributions

Art. 16
Association funds are responsible for the liabilities of the association Direct Donation A personal liability or an additional obligation of the members is excluded

IX. Closing Regulations

Art. 17
These articles are adopted according to the foundation protocol at the foundation meeting of 29 June 2004 in Zurich and decided by resolution of the general meeting on 24 June 2005 in the present, amended version, in Art. 1, Art.2, Art. 9 no.13 and Art. 11.

The change of name into "Verein Direct Donation" has been decided by resolution during the extraordinary meeting on Sept. 21, 2005." .

Zürich, September 22., 2006

Klaus Glashoff, Präsident

Doris Eckstein, Protokollführerin