Charity report of Kherson diocese

   On March 27, 2012 in Kherson diocese administration department chaired by Kherson and Tavricheskiy Archbishop Joann
was held a conference where there were presented results of activity of the charity department and social serving of Kherson diocese for the last year. More than 25 people took part in the conference, among which were priests of charity and social serving departments, Mutsenko Dmitriy Valentinovich - director of the regional centre of social services for family, children and youth, Zyatyuk Yaroslav Stepanovich - chief doctor of Kherson regional centre of prevention and fight against AIDS, Berezhnaya Zoya Yakovlevna - secretary of Kherson city council of deputies, Marchenko Natalia Mironovna - deputy head of Health protection regional state administration, Dosenko Elena Andreevna - representative of the department of Execution of sentences, Bikova Anna Alexeevna - director of the regional home for minors (village Stepanovka), as well as representatives of the department of Public relations of the regional state administration of social organizations, Kherson state university, the charity fund of Ustin Maltsev, business and others.

   In the course of the conference they discussed questions referred to mutual activity of Church and State in the sphere of charity. In particular, the head of the diocese department, archpriest Sergiy Dmitriev said that the main task in the development of social serving in the diocese is support of village parishes and help for priests in villages, teaching contemporary methods of social serving. For one year of work the department held charity projects for St. Nicolas Day, Christmas and Easter holidays, attracted and gave help for the amount of more than 1 million hrivnas! for such institutions as the hospital of Tropin, regional home for minors, HOSPICE, boarding schools of Novaya Zburyevka, Kherson libraries, comprehensive schools as well as all those in need in Kherson region. Cooperation via signing appropriate contracts with the regional health protection administration, regional centre of social services for family, children and youth, Kherson state university, social organizations was established. Representatives of the department form part of coordination councils of different levels. 
   Members of the conference expressed their gratitude to the ruling bishop of Kherson diocese, Vladyka Joann, for the given spiritual support, financial help, mutual activity on the questions of prevention of negative phenomena in the society, fight against AIDS, drug addiction, tuberculosis and other issues.
Ustin Maltsev, head of the charity fund, took part in the event. He presented a number of educative books for children from the boarding. He said that Kherson diocese, while holding annual report meeting, shows a good example of systematic, clear and public reporting for all philanthropists, as it is definite results and clear activities are a guarantee of positive changes in the society.