Crisis response is another very important aspect of the Social Commitment activities of Assam Don Bosco University, where we Assist in the relief and rehabilitation process of the affected people, and provide psycho-social support to the people for their mental well-being in these times of trauma and grief. The following intervention was initiated by the University:

• 300 GI roofing sheets, 54 school bags and stationery kits, 17 new sets of textbooks for students, essential food items, 40 sets of utensils for families, reconstruction of 12 houses, rebuilding of a village road 150 m long, psycho-social services for women, children and youths in Hahim (Kamrup Rural) in 2014 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o2ZFXAzHPr_O2he9ZELkU4w0iUX7LFIq/view?usp=sharing)
• 200 families have been helped with food packets in Jargoan Village in 2016 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZR1NKfH_bK_PXa9Eu7p6N5zcJf3fPCdy/view?usp=sharing)
• 500 Food Material Package for flood victim families and 500 stationery kits for school children who lost their school materials within the flood (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MgUHYYqt72yaLoMI7B0Kguq-fnrSrYvf/view?usp=sharing )
• INR 1,00,000 mobilised by students and faculty towards relief efforts in Kerala (2018 floods) and 11 students and a faculty member went to Kerala in the month of October 2018 to provide relief and rehabilitation support to families affected (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_hbbLCjmt1VF977Ngm64b-4Mz4vheyRk/view?usp=sharing )
• Flood Relief Response for 600 adolescent girls in Kokrajhar and Chirang District of Assam “Dignity and Hygiene Kit” includes Sanitary napkin, Soap, Detergent powder, hand sanitizer and face masks. The package cost per person is Rs 300 for 600 adolescents (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uHKtkYOGc1OnLTtJEd_Em7hKrjdRi-Ni/view?usp=sharing)

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the university community responded to the needs of the people and the state as a whole through the following initiatives:

• Designing a low-cost, simple, easy-to-use and easy-to-build invasive ICU ventilator that can serve at the time of emergency in case of severe acute respiratory syndromes like COVID-19 https://www.infoans.org/en/sections/news/item/11461-india-innovative-lung-ventilator-designed-by-assam-don-bosco-university-professor https://ius-sdb.com/india-innovative-lung-ventilator-designed-by-assam-don-bosco-university-professor/
• Academic Block 2 was utilised by the Government as a CoVID Care Centre with 350 beds https://www.sentinelassam.com/guwahati-city/assam-steps-up-fight-against-covid-19-with-2-new-dedicated-hospitals-at-sonapur-487941
• Food Material were distributed to low economic income families from the surrounding villages of the University https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lFlk2sjWjN8ptWIakHk1n-mJUSye508T/view?usp=sharing
• A Surface sanitization UVC gloves developed by 2 Assam Don Bosco University students with potential to aid in the fight against COVID 19 https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=549648422340491 & https://youtu.be/5zpmcLk711A
• Webinar on Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) and Combating Stigma Related to COVID-19 through partnership in North Eastern States https://northeastindia24.com/assam-webinar-on-risk-communication-and-community-engagement-rcce-and-combating-stigma-related-to-covid-19-through-partnership-in-north-eastern-states/
• Online session on Handling Boredom and Workload during Lockdown http://theshillongtimes.com/2020/05/15/online-session/
• Short Video on “CoVID-19 Awareness Video in the Assamese language” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN_y4GsfAgY
• Short Video on “Taking Care of Mental Health During COVID-19 lockdown” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-96ImKuYWaM
• A document on preventive measures related to Covid-19 http://web.dbuniversity.ac.in/university-instructions/
• The university supported the making and distribution of 16,000 cloth masks in the state of Meghalaya https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PVDpZ-u6iYnZcCWI8xOMo35pwFYEiWTc/view?usp=sharing
• Awareness Programmes on the pandemic CoVID -19 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CZ0EEMPJ-WdWuFk1KK5NjoNMi8I4SVHG/view?usp=sharing
• 135 appreciation cards made by children in the orphanage were bought and distributed the alumni to the frontline workers https://drive.google.com/file/d/149cGtmoR6adR_57BpbRr68eDJtl7xr0D/view?usp=sharing