3. The general objects for which the Corporation is constituted are hereby declared to be-
| (a) to promote community based organisations ; |
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| (b) to builed up the capacity of such organisations . |
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| (c) to promote the education of the under privileged ; |
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| (d) to carry out relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction programmes ; |
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| (e) to promote health education, and to provide information on the eradication of malnutrition ; |
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| (f) to further, the welfare and development of the under privileged ; |
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| (g) to promote income generating projects in the plantations as well as in the villages, and to launch self help projects, with a view to generating employment ; |
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| (h) to provide assistance to relive distress caused by natural disasters such as floods, cyclones and droughts ; |
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| (i) to disseminate knowledge and information on improved methods of agriculture, horticulture, aquaculture, sericulture, animal husbandry, fresh water fisheries and bee keeping, through the publication and distribution of books and pamphlets and the conduct of seminars, workshops, lectures and film shows ; |
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| (j) to promote thrift among the under privileged. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts