John Howard is 286 years old!

  On September 2, 1726 a great philanthropist John Howard was born in London. All his life he devoted to the struggle against epidemic diseases - plague, typhoid and other diseases.
  Fate decided that when he came to Kherson to fight the typhoid epidemic in 1790, he fell ill and died.
  Kherson people immortalized the memory about John Howard and erected a monumental construction with a bas-relief image of the outstanding humanist in the form of a sundial with inscriptions: "Howard. Found peace on January 20 being 65 years form birth. Alios salvos fecit (He made other people healthy) Vixit propter alios (He lived for other people)". It is a real honor for the town that such a great person is buried in Kherson.
  To mark the 286th birthday of John Howard, members of a Charity Coalition "Support in development of charity in Kherson region" gathered near the sundial on September 2, 2012 and put flowers in the memory of the great philanthropist.

  Kherson charity people took part in the event. These were: the head of the Charity fund, a social figure and Maecenas Ustin Maltsev, the head of the Regional union of folk artists "Dneprovskaya Palitra" Oleg Chernenko and the team of the Charity fund.
  There is now a big problem of cruelty and indifference to fellow creatures, friends, people in general. It is topical today. And the memory about this person who devoted himself to serving for other people is a good example for all of us. We must remember him and honor his memory, tell the knowledge about him to our children. The awareness of Ukrainian people will be changing, and goodness, love and well being will return to our life", - told Ustin Maltsev.
  Ustin Maltsev also added that we must follow the example of such people, learn unselfishness, good and humanity from them.
  "John Howard is a great person. His deeds are shining examples for our society. I want that there were more such virtuous people in our country and in the whole world. We must start doing small things: respect each other and take care of surrounding people", - told Oleg Chernenko, the head of the Regional union of folk artists "Dneprovskaya Palitra".