Welcome to the Reading San Francisco Libre Homepage

David Grimes Trust

The Reading San Francisco Libre Association ( RSFLA) is a town twinning organization dedicated to working with Reading’s twin town of San Francisco Libre in Nicaragua.

San Francisco Libre is a small, rural town surrounded by a number of outlying villages, with a total population of approximately 10,500 people. It lies next to the huge Lake Managua and close to the magnificent, conical Momotombo Volcano. Although only 50 miles from Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, communication between SFL and the outside world is poor and the road is often impassable in the rainy season.

Reading is a large town in the Royal county of Berkshire in England. It is located 66km from the capital City of London and is an important crossroads for the road and rail links to the rest of the UK. Communication between Reading and the rest of the world is good, though we have no volcanos.

In the past, the RSFLA has assisted our twin town by raising and sending funds for the provision of educational resources.

RSFLA currently makes the following annual contributions :

1600 euros for becas, or scholarships, awarded to 16 school age children, for the 10 months of the year when the schools are open. This amounts to approximately 10 euros a month per child. The money is paid directly to the mother of each family, so that she can decide what to spend it on. For example school uniforms, books or food. The obligation, for receipt of a becas, is that the children are sent to school.