Namal's pro-poor mega project comes before Parliament

Hambantota District Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa will present a Bill to incorporate The Parents Foundation.

The objectives of the Foundation are seven fold. They are: To assist relevant authorities with the approval of such authorities to formulate and implement suitable projects for the advancement of women and children in Sri Lanka in social, economic and cultural spheres; To grant scholarships and other financial assistance to encourage students who have lost one or both parents to pursue higher studies; To assist relevant authorities with the approval of such authorities to grant relief to patients who need to undergo heart surgery, kidney transplants or cancer treatment; To establish and maintain homes for the elders; To assist relevant authorities with the approval of such authorities to provide welfare facilities for blind, dumb, deaf and differently abled persons to construct houses for such persons; To assist relevant authorities with their approval to provide wheel chairs, crutches and spectacles for th destitute and poor; and To coordinate or liaise with other associations or organisations having objectives similar to those of the foundation with a view to facilitating the exchange of ideas, knowledge and experience. Social Services Minister Felix Perera, who obtained approval for the Bill told his ministerial colleagues that it has been amended by the Legal Draftsman.

In keeping with a decision by the Cabinet of Ministers in 1979, Bills presented by MPs to the Secretary General of Parliament would have to be referred to the appropriate Minister for report.