DON'T BE AFRAID GRINGO: A HONDURAN WOMAN SPEAKS FROM THE HEART by Elvia Alvarado

* About the book *

Trained by the Catholic Church to organize women's groups to combat malnutrition, Alvarado, a woman with a second-grade education, began to question the wretched conditions she saw around her. She became one of her country's leading political activists.

* About the author *

Elvia Alvarado is a Honduran human rights activist who has been involved in several peasant organizations, and has organized women in the city to become nurses to distribute food to malnourished children.

ISBN: 9780060972059

Format: Paperback

Pages: 169

Language: English

Condition: Like New