{"id":1284,"date":"2007-09-07T08:54:46","date_gmt":"2007-09-07T08:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godspolitics\/2007\/09\/voice-of-the-day-elvia-alvarad-4.html"},"modified":"2007-09-07T08:54:46","modified_gmt":"2007-09-07T08:54:46","slug":"voice-of-the-day-elvia-alvarad-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godspolitics\/2007\/09\/voice-of-the-day-elvia-alvarad-4.html","title":{"rendered":"Voice of the Day: Elvia Alvarado"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m very grateful to all these organizations in the United States, especially the private and religious organizations. I appreciate the food and clothing they send. I thank them sincerely for their willingness to help, and I know they do it with great love. But I\u2019d also like to say that this realationshipo\u2014where we\u2019re dependent on the goodwill of outsiders\u2014isn\u2019t the kind of relationship we\u2019d like to have…. We\u2019re not going to solve our problem through handouts. Because our problem is a social one. And until we change this system, all the charity in the world won\u2019t take us out of poverty.
\n– Elvia Alvarado<\/b>
\nDon\u2019t Be Afraid Gringo: A Honduran Woman Speaks from the Heart<\/i>
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