3. The general objects for which the Corporation is the constituted are hereby declared to be-
| (a) to foster the social, educational and cultural development of underprivileged children of Sri Lanka : |
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| (b) to provide food, clothing, shelter and other necessary relief and assistance to needy Sri Lankans and particularly to destitute children ; |
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| (c) to promote the physical, spiritual and social welfare of the people of Sri Lanka ; |
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| (d) to foster and promote communal harmony and inter communal reliance among Sri Lankan Youth and to inculcate a sense of discipline and sell control in them : |
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| (e) to promote friendly ties between Sri Lankan Youth and the youth of other nations, by appropriate means ; |
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| (f) to conduct deucational and vocational training programmes for Youth and to assist them. Financially or otherwise, to start business ventures or to engage in self employment: |
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| (g) to foster, promote and disseminate the Theravada Buddhist Philosophy and way of life : |
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| (h) to encourage the younger generation to protect the environment and to educate them on the successful management of the environment: |
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| (i) to grant scholarships, bursaries and grants to bhikkus and volunteers engaged in the furtherance of the objects of the Corporation : |
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| (j) to establish and maintain institutions such as schools. libraries and orphanages that may be necessary for the achievement of the objects of the Corporation ; |
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| (k) to initiate, organise, and conduct lectures, seminars, symposia, workshops, exhibitions and other appropriate programmes and activities in order to promote the objects of the Corporation ; |
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| (l) to liaise with other institutions and organisations having objects similar to those of the Corporation ; |
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| (m) to do all such other acts and things as may be incidental or conducive, to the attainment of the objects of the Corporation. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts