Aboard the Siloé in the Bolivian Amazon

Trinidad, BOLIVIA
Never one to take a back seat, Sister Mary Gerald McClosky jumped behind the wheel of her pick-up truck early this morning and motored around the streets of Trinidad with purpose. She knew the routine. Collect the boat captains, nurse and agronomist. Buy a few last provisions at the market. Get on the road to Puerto Geralda. And do it all before the sun rises over this growing commercial town, the capital of Beni State in the Amazon Basin of Bolivia.
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A Beacon of Hope for a Troubled Fishing Community

Jakarta, INDONESIA
For the captain of this weather-beaten boat jerking in the chop of Jakarta Bay, the task was straightforward and urgent, yet no different than any other day at sea – keep his three fishing mates alive. Because he could not see his companions thirty feet below the bow working feverishly in the blackness to secure their catch, he sharpened his senses. He listened intently to the purr of the old air-conditioner unit propped at the stern now refashioned into an air compressor, anticipating any hiccup or cough this jerry-rigged machine might make.
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