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LABOR ERADICATION PROGRAM (PETI)
According to International Labor Organization (ILO)
and the International Program for Eradication of the
Infantile Work (Ipec), there are 2,908,341 boys and
girls, between 5 and 14 years old, that work all over
Brazil, to contribute with the family income. In front
of this problem was created the Child Labor Eradication
Program - PETI, that today assists 810 thousand children,
at 2,601 cities.
According to Child and Adolescent Statute, at its article
60: "It is prohibited any labor to minor below
sixteen years old, only at the condition of apprentice,
from fourteen years old."
PETI is destined to the eradication of the so-called
worst forms of child labor, that are those considered
dangerous, hazardous, unhealthy and degrading, regulamentated
on the Rule n. 20 of Labor and Employment Ministry,
such as: coal bunkers, potteries, cut of sugar cane,
tobacco plantations and others.
Of the Families which children exert typical activities
from the urban area, those will receive from PETI a
monthly allowance worth R$ 40.00 per child, and those
that exert typical rural activities receive R$ 25.00,
for each child registered.
Besides the allowance, the program destines to the
municipalities R$ 20.00 for rural areas and R$ 10.00
for the urban areas (per registered child or adolescent),
for the development of Journey of Amplified School,
at the after class period, with study, sport, artistic
and cultural activities.
The program also previews a repass of resources to
all municipalities for the development of actions that
aim the amplification and income generation for the
inscribed families, thus it would be not worth to take
the children out of labor, but proportionate to the
family conditions to keep the child out of the market
labor.
The inscribed families at the program assume some compromises
with the Federal Government, guaranteeing:
- the minimum frequency of 75% at the total period
at school and amplified journey;
- the not return to the labor the children below 16
years old; and
- the participation at social - educative actions and
of amplification and income generation.
The eradication of child labor must be responsibility
of several society's segment. With articulated actions
in partnership, the municipalities can develop activities
that permit the divulging the rights of Children and
Adolescent and take to the knowledge of parents and
population in general on the benefits of education and
the bad caused by the child labor, incentivating the
population to denounce.
Pastoral da Criança contributes for the eradication
of child labor, orienting families and incentivating
them to participate at the local articulations, like
Child Labor Eradication Municipal Forum, Tutor and Child
and Adolescent Rights Councils, identifying focus of
child labor and establishing partnerships.
Community Leader, when you identify children and adolescents
working in activities considered dangerous, hard, unhealthy
and degrading, talk and orient the family on the problems
caused by the child labor and incentivate them to search
for the Tutor Council of their municipality and to inscribe
at some of the Federal Government, like Child Labor
Eradication Program - PETI, School or Family Fellowship,
and participate at Income Generation projects. This
actions done by in an articulated form between Pastoral
da Criança, Mayor, other entities, Forums and
Councils can contribute for that children and adolescents
instead of being at labor be at school.
Vanessa Cruz Klososki
Public Policies Sector
More information with Clóvis Boufleur, Lilian
Cátia de Jesus
telephone: (+55041) 336-0250 or
E-mail: clovis@pastoraldacrianca.org.br
e lilian@pastoraldacrianca.org.br
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