Articles of Association

Section 1 Name, Registered Office, Registration, Financial Year

1. The association bears the name “Streams of Living Water International”.
2. It shall be entered in the register of associations and, after registration, shall use the suffix “e. V.”.
3. The registered office of the association is Liethfeld 3, 30539 Hanover.
4. The financial year is the calendar year.

Section 2 Purpose of the Association

1. The association exclusively and directly pursues charitable purposes within the meaning of the section “Tax-privileged purposes” of the German Fiscal Code (Abgabenordnung, AO).
2. The purposes of the association are:
   • the promotion of development cooperation pursuant to Section 52(2) no. 15 AO,
   • the promotion of education pursuant to Section 52(2) no. 7 AO.
3. The purposes of the association are realised in particular through the following measures:

   a) Promotion of development cooperation

   The association carries out its own projects or supports projects in regions affected by poverty, predominantly in countries of the Global South, in cooperation with local partner organisations.

   These projects aim to promote revegetation, afforestation and sustainable agricultural land use, particularly through agroforestry and permaculture methods.

   These measures serve to restore the productivity of degraded soils through sustainable management and an increase in tree cover.

   Where water supply is absent or inadequate, the association may support measures to improve water supply, in particular the construction of wells.

   b) Promotion of education and vocational training

   The association promotes educational and vocational training measures in sustainable agriculture, in particular by running or supporting vocational schools and training programmes in cooperation with partner organisations.

   These include, in particular, full-time residential schools and the establishment, operation and maintenance of demonstration and teaching farms for educational and training purposes.

4. To fulfil its statutory purposes, the association may:
   • engage auxiliary persons within the meaning of Section 57(1), sentence 1 AO,
   • use or cooperate with other corporations,
   • raise funds within the meaning of Section 58 no. 1 AO and pass them on to other tax-privileged corporations or public-law entities, provided that they use the funds exclusively for tax-privileged purposes.

Section 3 Selflessness

1. The association acts selflessly; it does not primarily pursue its own economic interests.
2. The association’s funds may be used only for the purposes set out in these Articles.
3. Members shall not receive payments from the association’s funds.
4. No person may benefit from expenditure unrelated to the association’s purpose or from disproportionately high remuneration.
5. The following are permitted:
   • reimbursement of documented and reasonable expenses,
   • payment of expense allowances within the framework of Section 3 nos. 26 and 26a of the German Income Tax Act (EStG),
   • payment of reasonable remuneration for full-time or part-time activities within the statutory purposes. The level of remuneration must not be unreasonably high. The charitable purpose of the association is the standard for assessing reasonableness.

Section 4 Membership

1. Any natural or legal person who supports the purposes of the association may become a member.
2. Applications for membership must be made in writing; the Board decides on admission.
3. Membership ends by resignation, death or exclusion.
4. Resignation may be declared in writing to the Board at any time.
5. A member may be excluded by resolution of the Board for conduct detrimental to the association. The member must be given an opportunity to comment before a decision is made.

Section 5 Contributions

1. Members do not pay membership fees.
2. The association is financed through donations, grants and other contributions.

Section 6 Bodies of the Association

The bodies of the association are:

• the General Meeting,
• the Board.

Section 7 General Meeting

1. An ordinary General Meeting shall be held at least once each year.
2. An extraordinary General Meeting shall be convened when the interests of the association require it or when one third of the members request it in writing.
3. Invitations shall be sent in writing or by email, stating the agenda and giving two weeks’ notice.
4. The General Meeting decides in particular on:
   • election and removal of the Board,
   • approval of the Board’s conduct of business,
   • amendments to the Articles of Association,
   • dissolution of the association.
5. The General Meeting has a quorum if it has been properly convened.
6. Resolutions are passed by a simple majority of the votes cast; amendments to the Articles require a two-thirds majority of the members present.
7. General Meetings may also be held virtually or in hybrid form, provided this is announced in the invitation.
8. Minutes shall be taken of the resolutions of the General Meeting. The minutes shall be signed by the chair of the meeting and the person taking the minutes.

Section 8 Board

1. The Board within the meaning of Section 26 of the German Civil Code (BGB) consists of:
   • the Chair,
   • the Deputy Chair.
2. In addition, a Treasurer shall be appointed and shall be responsible for the proper administration of the association’s finances.
3. The Treasurer may, but need not, be a member of the Board.
4. The Board and the Treasurer are elected by the General Meeting for a term of four years.
5. Each member of the Board is individually authorised to represent the association.
6. If a member of the Board or the Treasurer leaves office prematurely, the Board may appoint an acting replacement until the next General Meeting.

Section 9 Asset Dedication upon Dissolution

Upon dissolution or termination of the association or upon cessation of tax-privileged purposes, the association’s assets shall pass to Ichthys Freie Jesus-Gemeinde e. V., Hanover, which shall use them directly and exclusively for charitable, benevolent or religious purposes.

Section 10 Entry into Force

These Articles of Association were adopted at the founding meeting on 3 February 2026. They enter into force upon registration in the register of associations. Amendments to the Articles enter into force upon their registration in the register of associations.

Adopted on: 3 February 2026
Amended on: 17 March 2026