{"id":1132,"date":"2024-02-07T19:16:58","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T19:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanfranciscolibre.org\/?page_id=1132"},"modified":"2024-10-21T15:38:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T15:38:19","slug":"portraits-of-san-francisco-libre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sanfranciscolibre.org\/?page_id=1132","title":{"rendered":"Portraits of San Francisco Libre"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1132\" class=\"elementor elementor-1132\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2994dd1c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2994dd1c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6cc7085d\" data-id=\"6cc7085d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c3add9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c3add9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In autumn 2023, RSFLA mounted an exhibition celebrating the people of San Francisco Libre and the projects supported by Reading. \u00a0\u201cPortraits of San Francisco Libre, Reading\u2019s twin town in Nicaragua\u201d was an exhibition of photos taken by Russell Maddicks on a recent trip he and his son Francisco had made to Nicaragua. The images documented the people they met, as well as the projects that are supported by Reading\u2019s San Francisco Libre Association (RSFLA)<\/p>\n<p>The visited San Francisco Libre for four days as part of their trip in summer 2023 to Nicaragua. They took a letter and gift from the Mayor of Reading to the Mayor of San Francisco Libre and teaching materials for the school. In San Francisco Libre they met the Mayor, spent time visiting the projects funded by Reading\u2019s San Francisco Libre Association and getting to know many of the families of the town. Their visit was the first visit from anyone from Reading since before the pandemic and they were greeted with wonderful hospitality.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Russell Maddicks said; \u201cIt\u2019s amazing that Reading has this international connection with a town so far away and that Reading is making an enormous difference to the lives of many people there. The people of San Francisco Libre are proud of their link to Reading and we hope that this exhibition will give the people of Reading an insight into the lives of the inhabitants of our twin town in Nicaragua.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:gallery {\"linkTo\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":1134,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"wp-image-1134\" src=\"https:\/\/sanfranciscolibre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20231016_164106-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sanfranciscolibre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20231016_164106-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sanfranciscolibre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20231016_164106-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sanfranciscolibre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20231016_164106-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sanfranciscolibre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20231016_164106-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sanfranciscolibre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20231016_164106-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image --><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:gallery --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nicaragua, which sits in the middle of central American flanked by Costa Rica and Honduras, is the second poorest country in the western hemisphere with average salaries below $100 a month. Reading\u2019s twin town, San Francisco Libre, is a small agricultural town on the shores of Lake Managua, with views of towering volcanoes, about two hours from Nicaragua\u2019s capital Managua.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Reading\u2019s San Francisco Libre Association was established nearly thirty years ago and, via a local NGO Apreden, supports a number of projects in San Francisco Libre including an educational centre with internet access, music lessons, English classes, a plant nursery, bee-keeping, village-poultry and educational grants. A grant of \u00a3120 assists a child through school for a year. 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