Community Services
Service Where It Is Needed
Heritage work does not stand apart from human need. ASSF responds to healthcare, education and emergency needs directly — understanding what a community requires, then acting on it.
Practical, and community-led
Understand
Identify the need through direct engagement with local institutions.
Respond
Provide support that addresses that specific need.
Collaborate
Work with doctors, hospitals, schools, volunteers and local networks.
Reach
Take assistance to communities with otherwise limited access.
Follow through
Connect people with the next step, where further care is needed.
Taking specialist care closer to villages
Free medical camps bring doctors and diagnostics to communities where specialist care is otherwise out of reach — with follow-up, not just a single day's consultation.
- Beneficiaries screened
- 3,500+
- Cataract surgeries
- 251+
- Heart bypass surgeries
- 5
- Spectacles distributed
- 463+
| Camp | Beneficiaries | Specialties and outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| Irkal, Raichur | 463 | Cardiology, nephrology, neurology, ophthalmology — 5 heart bypasses, 35 cataract surgeries |
| Dadagadapura, Mandya | 1,100 | Orthopaedic, cardiac, ENT, dental, ophthalmology — 463 spectacles, 138 cataract surgeries |
| Yarnal, Belagavi | 1,800 | Cardiology, ophthalmology, gynaecology, dentistry — 78 cataract cases treated |
Helping children continue to learn
ASSF studied schools around Yarnal and identified three serving children from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Nearly 500 students received books and stationery — support chosen after understanding what each school actually needed.
Standing with communities in crisis
North Karnataka & Maharashtra floods, 2019
ASSF reached six villages with 2,000 food kits and 500 clothing kits, then extended direct financial support to 262 families rebuilding their homes.
- food kits
- 2,000
- clothing kits
- 500
- families supported to rebuild
- 262
COVID-19 response, Bengaluru, 2020
With Sakal Digambar Jain Samaj and volunteer networks, ASSF distributed 7,77,534 cooked meals and 2,795 food-grain kits across Bengaluru between 1 April and 3 May 2020.
- cooked meals
- 7,77,534
- food-grain kits
- 2,795
COVID-19 response, Bengaluru, 2020