Heavy rain in the third week of July 2026 pushed Upper Assam’s rivers over their banks. Large parts of Golaghat, Sivasagar, Jorhat, and Charaideo have remained flooded since. Lakhs of people have been affected, many sheltering in relief camps while others depend entirely on outside support for food and essential supplies, their homes and kitchens still submerged.

Past the danger, but short on resources

The water has started receding in places, though that is not the same as the crisis ending. As the floodwaters subside, rescue boats find themselves stranded in channels too shallow to navigate while damaged roads and embankments keep relief trucks out of the same villages that need them. This means that while many families are now past the danger, they are still short on food and clean water. Closing that gap is the relief support for the next several weeks. As one of the early responders on the ground, Feeding India is mobilising its local reach to move relief kits to the families who need them most, working alongside communities that never waited to be organised.

A kit built around what families need

Feeding India's Daily Feeding Program already runs in some of these districts, and our local NGO partners told us in the first days what families were asking for. The relief kit is built from that list. Each one is packed to carry a family for about two weeks and contains:

Dry ration - rice, moong dal, puffed rice, chickpea, urad dal, turmeric powder, salt, sugar, chilli powder, garam masala, mustard oil, milk powder, baby food, tea leaves, and biscuits
Safety supplies - candles, mosquito repellent, mosquito net, nylon rope, matchboxes, and LED torch light
Hygiene and sanitation - tissue rolls, ORS sachets, sanitary pads, laundry soap, disposable bags, bucket & mug, disinfectant liquid, water purification tablets, anti-bacterial soap, and hand towels

The relief kit is a bundle of essential care, designed to support a family through the hardest weeks even after the water recedes. It reaches them through the generosity of our network, from the partner NGOs on the ground to the people moving every box. So far around 1,238 relief kits have reached families in need, and our teams remain on the ground, continuing relief efforts across the affected districts.

A spirit of unity on the ground

Local volunteers have worked alongside rescue teams since the earliest days and the same spirit of unity runs through our operation. A local wedding venue has opened its grounds for our trucks to park. A printing vendor stayed back after hours so that every distribution point stands clearly marked, which matters here because a family looking for help should be able to spot it across a flooded block without asking around. Local drivers and labour have loaded, moved, and unloaded kits with our teams every day. This willingness to show up for one another is what rebuilding rests on, and it is what will carry these districts through the months ahead.

How you can help

Each kit starts with a donation. If you'd like to contribute, click on this link: Support now

For organisations, the same chain has open slots: NGOs with reach in Upper Assam can plug into distribution, companies can fund kits at scale through CSR, and logistics partners in the Northeast can shorten our routes. The partnerships form on our website reaches the team running this response.