Mahindananda Aluthgamage Foundation (Incorporation) Act 2009 · As enacted
3. General objects of the Corporation
Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
The general objects for which the Corporation is constituted are hereby declared to be—
to award prizes and scholarships to needy school children to enable them to continue their eduction and to encourage them to attend school regularly ;
to establish and maintain libraries including mobile libraries to assist the students in their educational activities ;
to organize seminars, workshops, lectures, exhibitions, and educational tours with a view to promoting the educational activities of school children ;
provide for loan schemes and other assistance to school principals and teachers in order to encourage them to enhance their professional knowledge ;
to award scholarships to deserving students selected to follow courses at Universities and technical Colleges ;
to introduce self-employment opportunities, loans and savings schemes and vocational training and computer traning centres for school leavers ;
to establish and maintain per-schools for early childhood development of the needy children ;
to grant lands and houses to needy families who do not own lands or houses ;
to supply wheel chairs and other medical equipment to hospitals and to provide medical relief and food for the needy, destitute and sick, establish and maintain houses for displaced persons and elders and establish and maintain Children’s homes and daycare centres for children and elders ;
to print, publish and distribute such books, journals, bulletins and newspapers as are necessary to disseminate information relating to the objects of the incorporation ; and
to assist persons who are blind, deaf and dumb by providing for their needs.