In particular, Maria Lvova-Belova got acquainted with the work of the Dzerzhinsk Specialised Orphanage No. 2, the Children's City Clinical Hospital No. 1 of the Prioksky District of Nizhny Novgorod, the Regional Centre for Social Development, and the Mentoring Centre for Teenagers.
Pressing issues pertaining to child support were the main topic of the Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights’ meeting with Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Volga Federal District Igor Komarov and Nizhny Novgorod Region Governor Gleb Nikitin. General approaches, methods and best practices for rehabilitating young people with disabilities, orphans, and children in difficult life circumstances and adapting them to independent life were discussed.
As part of her working trip, Maria Lvova-Belova also took part in an expanded meeting with representatives of the Nizhny Novgorod Region government and executive authorities and met with top officials from leading regional socially oriented NGOs.