Its purpose is to foster the growth of cultural relations between Switzerland, the Canton of Ticino and other countries of the world though artistic, educational, and humanitarian activity.
The foundation was originally established in Lugano in 1993 under the name Fondazione per i bambini del Sakha with Behgjet Pacolli as its founding president.
Its original scope was to provide humanitarian and medical aid to the children of the Sakha Republic.
Under the new name, the foundation took on an international focus and added artistic and cultural activities to its humanitarian ones.
Following the death of Ibrahim Kodra in 2006, it increasingly worked to preserve his artistic legacy.