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 brought them basic necessities as well as gifts for children.
At the meeting with Acting Governor of the Kursk Region Alexei Smirnov, 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.