Moscow Sister City Association maintains the sister-city relationship between Moscow, ID and Villa El Carmen, Nicaragua. Villa El Carmen is a town and county (municipio) of 40,000 people. MSCA focuses on helping the schools and students of the VEC area. We have hosted English teachers from VEC in Moscow for a few months, so that they can improve their English. Currently our main activity is to provide scholarships for VEC students to go to universities in Managua, and small grants to financially stressed parents of elementary-school students. MSCA has 130 members. All our funding comes from donations by individuals; our annual budget is around $11,000. We are in regular online communication with students and other residents of VEC.