We write to correct several inaccuracies as well as make clarifications to your editorial entitled 'A humane act for orphans' (5/27/23). The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) did not act 'precipitously and harshly' when it issued a cease-and-desist order last May 22 against the Quezon City childcare facility Gentle Hands Inc. (GHI), a duly registered and licensed social welfare and development agency. Our records will show that as early as Aug. 9, 2022, DSWD's standards bureau director Justin Caesar Anthony Batocabe wrote a four-page letter addressed to Charity Graff, executive director of GHI, reiterating the corrective measures which GHI should undertake in both its Jason's Home in Project 4, Quezon City, and Home of Grace in Baliuag, Bulacan.

https://opinion.inquirer.net/163539/dswd-we-are-faithful-to-our-mandate-of-protecting-vulnerable-children

#inquirer