Imagine if the Jedi had outreach programmes for the general populace of Coruscant and the various other planets they had temples and bases on.
Imagine a soup kitchen in the lowest levels of Coruscant; Obi-Wan takes Anakin when he’s barely begun his apprenticeship, showing him that somewhere in the galaxy the Jedi help people like his mother, like who he used to be. They feed the homeless and the poor who never have anything to eat and Anakin watches with wide eyes and a hint of anger.
Imagine the Jedi working with disadvantaged youngsters- of course not training them to be Jedi but helping them see the opportunities they have to make something of their life despite their backgrounds and helping them seize those opportunities. Master Yoda would often take the chance to teach, a cryptic message of hope or self-empowerment always on the tip of his tongue. They giggle at his speech patterns but in truth they often ponder his words at night on the streets or while their parents argue so loud their world might shatter.
Imagine Mace Windu helping kids and adults with anger learn how to let it go. He gets through to them in a way no one else does because soft words don’t always make things better but there’s nothing like cold, hard understanding. In truth though, he values the time he spends with the youngest kids, just watching them enjoy the chance to be children amidst their suffering.
Imagine a half-way house for the victims of abusive situations. Aayla pilots it with the help of Luminara, often joined by padawans from all masters. Quinlan Vos took an interest in helping it, mainly from behind the scenes in case women whose abusers were male found it intimidating being around another man.
Force knows if this sort of thing would actually happen in canon but in my headcanon it certainly does.
Just a little thought.
We aren’t shown a ton of what the jedi do outside of the war, considering most of the prequels occur in that time period. But honestly, the likelihood of the jedi doing something like this is very high. We are shown teams and jedi that go on senate sanctioned missions; the ones we see are generally negotiations but there is an enormous chance that the jedi had programs and volunteer work all over the galaxy.
The simple fact is; not all jedi were warriors or diplomats. Yes. Many of them are, but thinking that every single Jedi did the same kind of thing that Qui-Gon or Mace or Obi-Wan did is highly, highly unlikely. The matter is, it is very most likely that they have long term missions or even Jedi who help planets, live there and volunteer/are on this long time missions.
There are Temples everywhere. We often see the abandoned ones but it wouldn’t be surprising if there were jedi anywhere in the galaxy that don’t reside generally in the Coruscant main temple.
And for those who do reside in the Temple; there are probably plenty that can’t or don’t go on the usual type of missions. The disabled, unabled, injured (short or long term) the elderly and the retired. What do you think they do? Sure, I imagine they meditate a lot but most Jedi live and thrive from helping people. I do think it’s abundantly likely that these Jedi do volunteer at any number of charities, programs and foundations or even have their own that they run simply because Jedi help people. That is there whole thing.