3. General objects of the Corporation

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

foster and promote mutual understanding, a spirit of national consciousness, goodwill and friendship

assist students who prepare for government examinations by conducting lectures, seminars and study tours;

promote religious harmony, mutual understanding, peaceful co-existence, spiritual development and friendship among the people of Sri Lanka through religious, cultural, social and economic interactions;

assist needy students by providing them with books and other equipment and school uniforms and to grant scholarships to students who are in the secondary and tertiary stage of their education;

identify the talents of students at rural and provincial levels in areas such as sports and music and to encourage them to excel in them by providing the infrastructure required therefor;

identify projects suitable for young school leavers and assist them in carrying out such projects with a view to training such youth to meet the competitive demands for future employment;

assist youth financially and otherwise in order to develop their personal skills and aptitude and to enable them to take up self employment;

assist differently abled youth in developing their personality;

conduct awareness programmes for youth in order to promote a tobacco, alcohol and a drug free society and build a healthy, disciplined, patriotic and humane generation;

conduct programmes to discuss the problems faced by the youth in different areas in Sri Lanka due to lack of infrastructure facilities such as water, housing and roads and provide amenities to such needy youth;

organize and mobilize youth in voluntary activities in order to find solutions to shortcomings in infrastructure;

identify the health requirements of the youth in rural and remote areas and to conduct medical camps and clinics in such areas and through such camps and clinics supply medicines to the needy;

facilitate the exchange of youth delegations with other international organizations having similar objects with a view to building friendship and understanding between Sri Lanka and other countries; and

assemble and unite all youth under this