Surveys show that the principal reason why children join the labor force early is the lack of a place and occupation to keep them busy for the period in which they are not in school.

More important than the salary, parents worry about leaving them in the streets, since schools function nine months a year, four or five hours a day. Therefore, Fundecitrus is joining forces with citie's Governments, in an effort to reduce the number of children in the labor force and to prevent them from staying in the streets.

Fundecitrus Supplementary Education Center has more than 650 children, from 7 to 14 years old, in the cities of Araraquara and Itápolis, State of São Paulo.

Fundecitrus received the Child Friendly Company seal, granted by Fundação Abrinq pelos Direitos das Crianças for its social work.