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How can I include OceanCare in a will?

With an inheritance

You can leave a part of your estate, the so-called free quota, to people or organisations that are close to your heart. If there are no heirs who are entitled to a compulsory share, you can appoint OceanCare as your sole beneficiary.

With a legacy

With a legacy or bequest, you can ensure that a specific amount, account or property is awarded to a particular person or an organisation. In the case of a legacy, spouses, children and parents are also entitled to a minimum share of the estate. We would be happy to send you our Guide to Wills booklet free of charge. You can order it by e-mail, telephone or by post.

I would like more information

In OceanCare’s Guide to Wills (in German only), we outline what to consider before making your last will and testament, what is needed for a will to be valid and how to appoint OceanCare as a beneficiary.

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YOUR CONTACT PERSON

For questions and concerns Margarete Neuenschwander will be happy to help

Margarete Neuenschwander
Responsible inheritance

Phone: +41 (0)44 780 66 88
E-Mail: mneuenschwander@oceancare.org

OCEANCARE'S GUIDE TO WILLS (in German)

In OceanCare’s Guide to Wills, we outline what to consider before making your last will and testament, what is needed for a will to be valid and how to appoint OceanCare as a beneficiary.

«My wife and I have always been deeply attached to nature and animals. So when I learned to dive at the age of 21, then later trained as a diving instructor which I turned into a professional career, it was very clear that we also had a vested interest in marine conservation. So it was natural for us to include OceanCare, which has been doing so much positive work for marine conservation for a long time and with great passion, in our will.»

Urs and Ruth Moser, Porto Santo (Portugal)

«Ambitious projects can be realised with the help of a legacy»

Sigrid Lüber, Founder and President of OceanCare

Sigrid, you included OceanCare in your will in the form of a legacy.

Yes, I wanted to pass something on to the next generation through my legacy, because I was lucky enough to be able to live my vocation. Since making the bequest in my will in favour of OceanCare, I can look forward to my twilight years with a sense of serenity. After all, the popular saying about the last shirt that has no pockets matches the certainty that there is an afterlife – perhaps on earth, perhaps in heaven, but certainly in the vastness of the seas.

Why are legacies important for OceanCare?

Thanks to bequests, projects can be realised that are important but difficult to finance for an organisation of our size. For example, we were only able to start the SaveMoby project thanks to a substantial bequest. Without the commitment of a long-standing benefactor, this important instrument in whale protection, which is unique worldwide, would not have been possible. I am extremely grateful for this.

«SaveMoby», a whale conservation project

The system is based on solar-powered high-tech buoys equipped with underwater microphones. The system locates the sperm whales based on their typical clicking sounds and sends this data in real time to a central server. There it is compared with information from Marine Traffic, the leading provider for monitoring ship movements. If a ship is on a collision course with a whale, its captain is warned in time via a special radio channel so that he can change course and avoid the whale.

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BRIEF LEGAL ADVICE

Do you still have questions about your will? If so, we would be glad to put you in touch with our legal expert Thierry Grote. He is happy to answer any brief questions at no cost to you or to OceanCare.

Thierry Grote, Mediator and Notary

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