In October, 1789 to Kherson there has arrived the low elderly person. It was John Howard - the known public figure of England whom knew and all Europe respected.
All life Howard struggled with epidemic illnesses, studied a condition of patients sailors, the poor population, prisoners with prisons and helped. Howard - the doctor endowing great sums on building of schools and hospitals for poor.
John Howard was the person very modest and disinterested. For own money has constructed some old people's homes. It has saved lives to thousand people.
When this great person has arrived to us in our city epidemic has flashed. The typhus and a malaria dried from feet of thousand townspeople.
John Howard has started to examine hospitals, barracks, barracks, dugouts, prisons, shipyards, port constructions, treated sick of the medicines brought from England.
Gray-haired, thin, mobile he safely went at to the epicenter of epidemic accompanied colleagues, who own means and medicines, returned life to much inhabitants of Kherson.
Once, after visiting of one of patients, Howard was ill and on January, 20th has died.
Under the will, on its tomb a sundial, - a symbol of eternal life has been established. And in 30 years after John Howard's death inhabitants of Kherson have immortalized its memory an obelisk in the street, received to the beginning of the XX-th century the name Govardovsky (nowadays Ushakov's prospectus).
For Kherson a great honor that such great person rests on our earth. Today, in day of 221 anniversaries from the date of death of the doctor-philanthropist, its memory not indifferent inhabitants of Kherson have come to render a debt. Which appreciate and understand as many Howard has made for a city in which we live. Respect and gratitude patron children from public organization "Ecosous", the founder and the head of welfare fund Ustin Maltsev who has declared that it is necessary to follow an example such people as John Howard, to study at them in disinterestedness, kindness and humanity have come to express the. It is necessary to continue to do good deeds, than actually and welfare fund Ustina Maltseva is engaged.
Very much it would be would be desirable that such virtues more. Let's begin with small, we will start to respect each other, to give love, attention, care. And the world becomes better. We become better. It is possible because to resist against everything, but not against kindness.