3. General Objects of the Corporation

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

to provide for the upliftment of the academic and religious education of poor Buddhist children and to improve their different skills ;

to render assistance to Buddhists in awarding scholarships, maintaining dhamma schools, maintaining libraries, centres for Buddhist information and research and maintaining electronic centres ;

to provide economic relief needed to raise the living standards of the Buddhists through the development of their physical and mental well being ;

to provide relief services for the destitute and to maintain elders homes and rest rooms ;

to initiate projects in order to create job opportunities for the Buddhists who are unemployed and to provide aid, facilities and other loan facilities for that purpose ;

to organize vocational training courses and to develop skills in order to facilitate securing of employment ;

to render assistance to industries and to maintain a pilgrims rest for the convenience of Buddhist pilgrims who travel through the area to visit places of traditional religious workshop ; and

to print, publish and distribute books, journals, leaflets, newspapers and magazines which the