The project targets children from the age of 0 to 18 years old, especially those under-aged children who are already working and cannot or does not attend school.
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The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management and the Department of Labor will award funds in the amount of $13,000,000 through a cooperative agreement to support the Project to Combat Rural Exploitative Child Labor In Peru.
Any of the following institutions will be eligible to apply for this program as long as they demonstrate the ability to reduce the Peruvian children's participation in exploitative child labor:
a) Higher Education Institutions, either public/state controlled or private
b) Profit and Nonprofit organizations such as small businesses
c) local governments with the US and its territories and possessions
d) independent school districts
e) Public Housing Authorities/Indian Housing Authorities
f) Native American Tribal Organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
g) Faith-based or Community-based Organizations
h) Regional Organizations
The Department of Labor, the primary agency funding the Project to Combat Rural Exploitative Child Labor In Peru, is the country's leading agency that is mainly dedicated to promoting the welfare and best interests of job seekers, wage earners and retirees by way of enhancing their working condition, improving their opportunities, protecting their both retirement and health benefits, and generally protecting and upholding their worker rights as a whole.
Project to Combat Rural Exploitative Child Labor In Peru
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