Maria Lvova-Belova visited the Kursk Region

The temporary shelter set up at the dormitory of the Kursk State Agrarian University has accommodated
about 600 people, including large families. Those arrived from areas attacked
by the armed forces of Ukraine.
Maria Lvova-Belova Lvova-Belova MariaPresidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights brought them basic necessities as well as gifts for children.
At the meeting with Acting Governor
of the Kursk Region Alexei Smirnov Smirnov AlexeiActing Governor of Kursk Region , the Commissioner for Children’s Rights reported
on the efforts to set up a response team in her office, which is operating in cooperation with the regional children’s commissioner, Natalya Listopadova, to address requests from Kursk Region residents that concern children, primarily
the most complex cases that require immediate solutions and relate to the health of kids affected by shelling.
The commissioner’s office will
provide accommodation, including, if necessary, in other regions of the country, as well as support for families with many children and families
raising children with disabilities or with palliative care status.
Maria Lvova-Belova facilitated
relocation of three families raising a total of 26 children to the Moscow
Region. At the regional clinical hospital, the Commissioner visited an eight-year-old girl from the Sudzha District who had been wounded in an attack
by the Ukrainian armed forces. The child has undergone surgery and is recovering.
The children’s commissioner promised to purchase and send a wound healing
device to the hospital.
Following the Ukrainian troops’ invasion of the Kursk Region, the Country for Children charitable foundation together with the commissioner
promptly organised the collection of humanitarian aid for families with
children that were forced to leave their homes and are now staying in temporary
accommodation centres. The first vehicle carrying eight tonnes of humanitarian
aid has already arrived in Kursk.