The award-winning oral history of Elvia Alvarado, a courageous campesina (peasant) activist in honduras, the poorest country in central America. Trained by the Catholic church to Organize Women's groups to combat malnutr...The award-winning oral history of Elvia Alvarado, a courageous campesina (peasant) activist in honduras, the poorest country in central America. Trained by the Catholic church to Organize Women's groups to combat malnutrition, alvarado began to question why campesinos were malnourished to begin with.