Organisation

How we work
All decisions are taken by a Board of Trustees consisting of 30 members - all professionals in different disciplines. There are administrators, chartered engineers, medical doctors, educationists, company directors, chartered accountants and lawyers in the Board dedicated to the cause. All their services are entirely voluntary. The DVF Board meets every Thursday of a week at 5.30 p.m. and all decisions are by consensus. (The DVF Board) There is a core staff of six under a Manager.

How we reach the community
The DVF reaches the community through its network of Dharmavijaysa Societies numbering at present 438, covering 19 districts. The President is the Viharadhipati or the Chief Abbot or his nominee. This is to ensure that the village temple takes the lead in the development process within its catchment area. The glory of the past was because of the nexus between the temple and the village based on which Sri Lanka became the Dharmadvipa or the Isle of Righteousness on the one hand and the Dhanyaghara, or the Granary of the East on the other. Anyone wanting assistance within the catchment area is assisted without any ethnic, religious, or gender discrimination

Guiding principles of a Dharmavijaya Society (DVS)
The Guiding Principles of the Dharmavijaya Samajaya (Society) have been laid down in the Act of Incorporation. They are given below.

a) to be of service to the community;

b) to practice one's religion and observe the ethical principles contained in the five precepts namely

to abstain from the taking of life and to practise loving kindness to all living beings, to abstain from taking what is not given and to practise generosity, to abstain from immoderation in sensual pleasures and to practise self-restraint, to abstain from speaking falsehoods, slandering, harsh speech and idle talk and to practise truthfulness, and to abstain from taking intoxicating drinks and to develop mindfulness.

c) to be restrained in one's thought, word and deed;

d) to avoid wrong means of livelihood including the five prohibited trades, to increase production, to conserve what is produced and to live within one's means;

e) to observe noble practices;

f) to promote concord amongst all people, irrespective of race and religion;

g) to contribute towards a savings scheme and a self-denial fund; and

h) to dedicate one's efforts towards the development of the nation.