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All people worldwide have permanent access to affordable, high-quality basic eye care, especially eyeglasses.

We want to achieve basic eye care for people worldwide: through education, training of professionals, development of structures, and creation of local jobs. We want to ensure that people receive the eye care services they need. All our work is aimed at achieving the strongest, most positive, and lasting impact possible on welfare and society.

Our social and ethical guiding principles can be found in our Code of Conduct.

This Code of Conduct sets out the standards for social and ethical behavior of our active members at EinDollarBrille e. V. and affiliated organizations. It is a voluntary commitment with the aim of ensuring proper and responsible behavior.

to Code of Conduct

The German association EinDollarBrille was founded with its statutes on June 21, 2012, and is a registered non-profit association. EinDollarBrille e.V. is therefore tax-privileged and entitled to issue donation receipts in accordance with the officially prescribed form.

The association has its registered office in Erlangen and is entered in the register of associations at the Fürth Local Court under No. VR 200672. The association's financial year is the calendar year.

The association's accounting is carried out in accordance with the recommendations of the DZI German Central Institute for Social Issues in accordance with the Commercial Code (full accounting) and is audited and certified by an external auditor.

The use of grants and donations is monitored and audited through internal controls.

In addition, we monitor compliance with guidelines and regulations to ensure that work processes run smoothly and that abusive or corrupt behavior is effectively prevented. Audits are conducted both digitally and in person on site in the program countries.

Appropriate internal control systems have been developed and installed. They are adjusted as necessary.

When preparing its annual financial statements, EinDollarBrille e.V. follows the guidelines of the DZI (German Central Institute for Social Issues) and its criteria for the DZI donation seal.

The association's accounting is carried out in accordance with the recommendations of the German Commercial Code (full accounting) and is audited and certified by an external auditor.

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Here you will find the currently valid exemption notice for EinDollarBrille e.V.

 to valid exemption notice

An exemption certificate is a tax recognition of an organization in Germany as a non-profit organization. The certificate is issued by the competent tax authority and certifies that the applicant organization meets the requirements for non-profit status in accordance with §52 of the German Tax Code (AO).

With a valid exemption notice, the organization is not only exempt from corporate income tax, but may also receive donations and contributions from private individuals and companies and, in return, issue donation receipts. The notice is generally valid for the past three years and entitles the organization to issue donation receipts for the following five years.

Source: www.deutsches-ehrenamt.de

The German association EinDollarBrille was founded with its statutes on June 21, 2012, and is a registered non-profit association.

EinDollarBrille e.V. is therefore tax-privileged and authorized to issue donation receipts using the officially prescribed form.

to Statutes of EinDollarBrille e.V.

The most important information for you in brief:

(1) The purpose of the association is to promote development aid and public health.

(2) This purpose is to be achieved in particular through

• supporting and implementing direct development aid and public health measures, particularly in the field of optometry,
   
• supporting other organizations with the same objectives by providing expertise, specialist personnel, and material and financial resources,
   
• raising funds for use in its own measures to promote development aid and public health, and for forwarding to other organizations with the same objectives, and
   
• informing the public about issues relating to development aid and public health, particularly in the field of optometry in developing countries.