The Eradication of Child Labor (Peti) articulates a set of actions aimed at removing children and adolescents up to 16 years of child labor practices, except as an apprentice from the age of 14.
The Peti make up the System of Social Assistance (His) and has three basic axes: direct income transfer to families with children or adolescents at work, services, and strengthening ties living for children / adolescents up to age 16 and accompanying family through the Reference Center for Social Welfare (Cras) and Center for Specialized Social Assistance Reference (Creas).
The Peti serves more than 820,000 children out of work in over 3500 cities. The program recognizes children and adolescents as subjects of law, protects the cons forms of labor exploitation and contributes to the integral development. Thus, the Peti possible for the access to formal schooling, health, food, sport, leisure, culture and professionalism, as well as family and community;
The families of the Peti have commitments that must be observed. It is they compromise the withdrawal of all children and adolescents up to 16 years of work activities and exploitation and the withdrawal of all children / adolescents up to 18 years of activities provided in the List of the Worst Forms of Child Labour.
In education, it is necessary that children and adolescents aged 6 to 15 years have school enrollment and attendance of at least 85%. For teens 16 and 17 years of age, enrollment and attendance must be a minimum of 75%.
In health, fit to the pregnant and lactating women attending antenatal consultations and participation in educational activities about breastfeeding and general care with feeding and child health. For children under 7 years, is required to comply with the vaccination schedule and monitoring of child growth and development.
In the area of social assistance, is required that children and adolescents up to 15 years at risk or have withdrawn from child labor minimum frequency of 85% of the time on Living Services and Strengthening Linkages of Basic Social Protection.
When entering the Peti, the family has access to transfer income from Bolsa Familia, when meeting the eligibility criteria due to the integration of programs. The other families is also guaranteed the transfer of income through Peti. Thus, the articulation of the two programs strengthen support for families, as poverty and child labor are largely related in the regions of greatest vulnerability.
After the transfer of income, every child and teenager is found in the work situation should be compulsorily placed in the Department of Living and Strengthening Linkages.This service is offered by the Basic Social Protection in close coordination with the municipality responsible for Peti.
