RSFLA is an associated registered charity based in Reading that funds a number of projects and educational initiatives in San Francisco Libre through a local partner NGO (Non-Governmental Organisation) Apreden.
Over the past 30 years, the RSFLA has worked to increase understanding and partnership between the two communities of Reading and SFL. Run by a team of volunteers and with the support of many people in Reading, the University of Reading, Reading Borough Council and many others, the Association has helped San Francisco Libre by providing ongoing assistance with numerous community projects in the municipality. In 1998, the Mayor of Reading launched an appeal to assist reconstruction after the natural disaster of Hurricane Mitch, in which the nearby lake level rose by four metres, flooding five thousand acres of the municipality, destroying houses, pastures, latrines, crops, bridges and roads.
