Albert Schweitzer Stiftung für unsere Mitwelt

The **Albert Schweitzer Foundation for Our Contemporaries** is a nationwide animal protection and animal rights organization. Its work is strategically oriented and focuses on leverage effects to achieve the greatest possible impact for animals with a limited budget. The focus is on so-called "farm animals," as no other area involves as many animals suffering and dying as in factory farming. The foundation uses classic animal protection issues such as the abolition of cage housing as intermediate steps to subsequently address more advanced topics. The long-term goal is the abolition of factory farming and the widespread adoption of a vegan lifestyle.

The mission of the Albert Schweitzer Foundation for Our Environment is to raise animal welfare standards, reduce the consumption of animal products, and promote the vegan idea. The foundation envisions a world in which no animal has to suffer for food production. It operates with a clearly defined strategy and goals to advance change in the treatment of so-called "farm animals."

The funding programs of the Albert Schweitzer Foundation are aimed at the general public with the goal of promoting education and upbringing in the moral domain. The Foundation is committed to reducing legal inequality and actual disadvantages faced by fellow creatures and fellow human beings, particularly based on their species affiliation, religion, race, gender, skin color, nationality, or certain physical or mental characteristics.