Kuliah Kerja Nyata (KKN) during the Covid-19 Pandemic as a Form of Community Service

Abstract

The pandemic not only presents anxiety about health threats, but also
the welfare of many employees due to layoffs. Some of small, medium
and even large scale businesses were forced to go out of business.
State Islamic University of North Sumatra immediately responded
positively to the impact that emerged in the community due to the
Covid-19 pandemic by holding Community Development
Participation to online with 4 theme "Awareness and concern for the
Covid-19 outbreak, Relation of religion and health properly,
religious moderation and Islamic da’wah education". With the
Student Creativity Program scheme KKN-DR and KKN- KS, students
are expected to be able to actualize their ability to contribute to
increasing productivity and even people's income by providing
education on how to do activities while adhering to health protocols,
sharing knowledge on how to make products that are needed to
protect and increase endurance such as making masks from cloth,
hand sanitizer and herbal drink. It is hoped that by sharing this
knowledge, people can remain productive and even open new
businesses in terms of manufacturing these products to improve their
economy. The method used is in the form of an explanation of how to
manufacture it along with the tools and materials needed for the
product mentioned above. The process of making is uploaded to
social media in the form of a video so that it can be accessed by the
wider community. It is hoped that more and more people will remain
enthusiastic, productive and even pursue the manufacturing business
of the above products to improve their economy and open up new
jobs.