Fourth day from her appointment as head of the National Authority for Child Care
(NACC), Undersecretary Janella Ejercito Estrada commenced a series of pre-placement visits to
accredited Child Placement Agencies as partners in providing alternative child care.
In a visit to the children of House of Refuge Foundation, Usec. Estrada vowed to beef up the
transition phase of the NACC to provide effective mechanisms, processes and services for alternative
child care and to ensure meaningful and productive partnership with the stakeholders.
An accredited partner of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), House of
Refuge provides programs and services to 19 children โ nurturing them in Christian faith.โ
โThese kids urgently need stable and happy homes where they can be provided with opportunities
to strive and to be who they want to be,โ USec. Estrada said.
She explained that the new laws on the administrative adoption process, rectification of simulated
birth certificates and the foundling law streamlines government functions โfor a more efficient and
effective alternative child care.โ
โClearly, these children are placed in a situation nobody would want to be in. But their innocence,
their hopefulness and their faith that good things that will change their lives are sure to come,
deeply inspires me as a public servant and as their โateโ from the Government,โ Estrada stressed.
โTheir high hopes, dreams and aspirations serve as an inspiration to us, and demand profound
commitment from the NACC,โ Estrada added
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