3. General objects of the Corporation

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk

The general objects for which the Corporation is constituted are hereby declared to be—

(a)

to help underprivileged children having physical and mental disabilities irrespective of their caste, creed, nationality or religion, so as to make them useful citizens who could make a contribution to society and to the country ;

(b)

to assist in the well-being of disabled children and young adults upto the age of twenty five years ;

(c)

to conduct and hold seminars, meetings, training programs and workshops to develop skills of disabled children and to encourage them to be independent ;

(d)

to educate and make disabled children aware of their abilities, disabilities and limitations without endangering themselves and others ;

(e)

to commence self-employment projects and to engage physically and mentally disabled youth in vocational training programs ;

(f)

to create an awareness among parents and family members of disabled children and the general public, about the contribution that disabled children could make towards the development of the country ;

(g)

to grant donations, assistance and coverage to disabled children and to other organizations having objects similar to those of the Corporation ;

(h)

to implement projects in any part of Sri Lanka for the benefit of the disabled children ;

(i)

to collaborate with other organizations having similar objects to those of the Corporation, whether in Sri Lanka or abroad ;

Kosala Dullewa Foundation for Children with

(j)

to train or cause to be trained in Sri Lanka or abroad at the expense of the Corporation, any child whomsoever approved by the Corporation, for the furtherance of the objects of the Corporation ;

(k)

to initiate, organize and conduct lectures, seminars, symposia, workshops, exhibitions and other appropriate programs and activities in order to promote the objects of the Corporation ;

(l)

to train and to organize sports events for disabled children in Sri Lanka or abroad ;

(m)

to organize entertainment events for disabled children ;

(n)

to propose to relevant authorities legal reforms to uplift the rights of disabled persons ;

(o)

to institute legal proceedings in appointing curators or guardians for disabled children at the cost of the

Corporation ; and

(p)

to establish book shops and libraries.

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