The Santa Rosa Fund was first set up in 1988 as a twinning link between Southway School (now closed) in Plymouth, UK, and the Ernesto Ché Guevara School in the Barrio Santa Rosa of Managua, Nicaragua. It has since broadened its interest and aid and now supports a range of educational initiatives and projects around the country.
Since 1994 the Fund has been a registered charity based in Tavistock, Devon - Registered Charity number 1028085.
Sue and Ken Martin from Somerset, long-time supporters of the Santa Rosa Fund, spent July and August this year training members of staff at the school in Managua in use of the computers which were provided to the school in 2006 by the British Embassy in Costa Rica and by the Santa Rosa Fund. The following is their report of some aspects of their work.
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