Kampli was a substation of Gangavati parish. The sisters from Asha Kiran community in Gangavati began to come here since 1983 to teach catechism and animate liturgical services. In 1992 Kampli substation was made into a parish. The Bishop of Bellary Rt. Rev. Joseph D’Silva extended to the Sisters of Charity a formal invitation to erect a community in Kampli in 1993. Sr. Maurilia Pinto who was the Provincial of Mangalore province officially erected the community on 18.04.1994 under the governance of Mother Costantina Kersbamer. The community of sisters named as ‘Sahaya Matha Ashram’ came into existence in Kampli Sugar factory area with the following objectives.

Kampli is a part of Hospet Taluk in Bellary civil district of Northern Karnataka. Kampli is a big village having 22 other villages around it with a population of 60,000. Being a dry area people depend on occasional rain for cultivation. In this Kampli village there are Christians, Dalits, Muslims, Hindus, Shepherds, Dobbis and others. We belong to the Diocese of Bellary. Our parish is about half a km away from our residence. There are about 40 Catholic families in our parish, about 30 families are in our area and 10 families live in the town area 3-4 km away from the church.

Apostolic Services

1. Faith formation of Catholic Families
   Sisters with enthusiasm and with zeal continued to fulfill the apostolic services. Faith formation of Catholic families through visiting the families instructing them praying and reciting the rosary with them, reading the Word of God and explaining to them. Conducting S.C.C meeting and teaching them to pray and to believe in God’s power and strength and thus deepening their faith. Sisters also took interest towards the non-Christian brethren by reaching out to them through education, medical care and literacy programme thus instilling in them moral values and the knowledge of God.

2. Education

   • In 2003 it was named as “Children’s Play Home” with well-equipped playthings and classroom.

   • From 1994 the young girls of our village were occupied by Sr. Simonetta to whom she taught tailoring and embroidery. In the year 1999 we started a residential Grihini Tailoring Programme for the rural young girls.

   • In the year 2002 the Diocese requested the sisters to render service in the newly opened parish school of Kampli. Two sisters teach in the parish school.

3. Health care Facilities
   In the year 1994 sisters started a dispensary as there were no health care facilities in this area. Sisters treat every person with respect, anyone who approached them with their ailment or with other medical problems.

4. Empowerment of Women
   In the year 2003 the sisters of Sahaya Matha Ashram Kampli gathered the women from surrounding areas who were poor, illiterate, oppressed by the husbands (full time work at home or doing coolie work). We organized such women into SHGs to help them to live with self-respect and mutual acceptance and taught them the skills of saving their earnings. Four self-help groups thus came into existence, for the promotion of women. Over the eight years many women came forward to join the self-help groups. At present there are fourteen Self-help groups of about 200 women. They are instructed on the functioning of the S.H.G., their rights and duties towards the group.

5. Children’s Home
   A boarding for school going girls was opened in 2010. Local girls were taken for the first year to improve their education. Later on girls from other areas too were taken. Sisters supervise their studies and give them tuition, teach them discipline, hygiene and instill in them good values.

A priest is appointed as the Chaplain and Director and is over all in-charge of the whole institution.