
Educating the youth of Cape Verde

Young men practiced parkour moves off a beach-front wall in Sao Vicente, Cape Verde.
Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff
| July 7, 2012

Children and young men played a game of foosball in the main plaza at Cidade Velhia.
Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff
| July 7, 2012

A sign in Praia, Cape Verde, had the words, "When you grow up you can be anything you imagine."
Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff
| July 7, 2012

The University of Cape Verde Campus Palmarejo in Praia.
Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff
| July 7, 2012

Teachers and staff at Bridgewater State University are helping Cape Verde’s schools.
Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff
| July 7, 2012

A student held a Portuguese-English dictionary during class at the University of Cape Verde.
Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff
| 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.
Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff
| July 7, 2012

Students gathered in the darker part of the hallways of the campus to be able to use their laptop computers.
Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff
| July 7, 2012

Tania Montero was interviewed during a visit to the campus.
Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff
| July 7, 2012

Students changed classrooms in between classes at the Palmarejo campus.
Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff
| July 7, 2012

Students gathered around a laptop between classes.
Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff
| July 7, 2012

Matilde Silva struggles to pay school fees for her son Admilson Almeida Menezes. High school is not free in Cape Verde.
Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff
| 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.
Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff
| July 7, 2012

A band called Superacion practiced in Sao Vicente. Members said they plan to study music to improve their futures.
Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff
| July 7, 2012

The scene on a street in Cidade Velhia.
Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff
| July 7, 2012

Sunset at Cidade Velhia on the island of Santiago where the capital of Cape Verde, Praia, is located.
Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff
| July 7, 2012