Educating the youth of Cape Verde
Young men practiced parkour moves off a beach-front wall in Sao Vicente, Cape Verde.
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| July 7, 2012
Children and young men played a game of foosball in the main plaza at Cidade Velhia.
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| July 7, 2012
A sign in Praia, Cape Verde, had the words, "When you grow up you can be anything you imagine."
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| July 7, 2012
The University of Cape Verde Campus Palmarejo in Praia.
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| July 7, 2012
Teachers and staff at Bridgewater State University are helping Cape Verde’s schools.
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| July 7, 2012
A student held a Portuguese-English dictionary during class at the University of Cape Verde.
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| July 7, 2012
A tourism student in a culinary class at the Ecola de Hoteleria e Turismo de Cabo Verde. Foreign languages are important to the nation’s hopes, especially English for business.
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| July 7, 2012
Students gathered in the darker part of the hallways of the campus to be able to use their laptop computers.
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| July 7, 2012
Tania Montero was interviewed during a visit to the campus.
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| July 7, 2012
Students changed classrooms in between classes at the Palmarejo campus.
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| July 7, 2012
Students gathered around a laptop between classes.
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| July 7, 2012
Matilde Silva struggles to pay school fees for her son Admilson Almeida Menezes. High school is not free in Cape Verde.
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| July 7, 2012
Young women played soccer at Cidade Velhia. With no natural resources, Cape Verde must become a knowledge-based economy, Prime Minister José Maria Neves said.
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| July 7, 2012
A band called Superacion practiced in Sao Vicente. Members said they plan to study music to improve their futures.
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| July 7, 2012
The scene on a street in Cidade Velhia.
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| July 7, 2012
Sunset at Cidade Velhia on the island of Santiago where the capital of Cape Verde, Praia, is located.
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| July 7, 2012