Sister Joan was 60 years old when she moved from Perth, Australia to Bangkok’s largest slum to serve the poor in 1991. She worked tirelessly 7 days a week for years and showed us the power of compassion and care for fellow humans. She inspired volunteers who kept coming, many of them for years. You can read more about Sister Joan here
This website is dedicated to her Mission that is still going, 30 years on. Sister Joan started the Milk Run in 1992 in response to high mortality of newborns and babies at that time. The Rice Run was organized as a group effort in 2002, after years of supporting different households and seeing that Klong Toei seniors needed help in getting basic food items. When Sister Joan left Bangkok in 2016 we continued to support elementary and high school students with weekly money through the Food and Fares project. When Sister lived in Klong Toei, she knew each family and their individual situations but once she left Thailand we had to stop the Food and Fares project a year later as none of us lived in the slum and we haven’t had a way of knowing which students really needed help and were still attending the school. The focus of Presentation Sisters order is education so in 2019 we started a new program called the School Run that supports registered students in completing university education.
Here are the posts and pictures from our latest events:
- Milk Run Apr 12, 2024We did our visit to Rong Moo at 7 am and delivered 15 packs of milk formula. We then drove to the nearby Starbucks for our usual coffee break. Adri was missed… Willy, Irza, Miron and Milos had a great …
- Rice Run annual registration Apr 6, 2024Sister Cecilia drive from Ratchaburi and Adri and Miron also joined to help with another annual registration for the Rice Run good assistance program. Sister Joan started giving good items to elderly in the early 1990s but by 2001 she …
- Rice Run Apr 5, 2024Miron and I did the morning shopping trip this week and parked the loaded truck in Rong Moo. The volunteers arrived at 4 pm and distributed 54 packs of food supplies. A great Rice Run before our annual registration…
- Milk Run Mar 29, 2024Adri came to meet me at the Bus Terminal and Irza joined us at Rong Moo. We delivered 14 packages of milk formula in Rong Moo, took our usual coffee break and drove to Suan Ooy to give another 15 …
- Rice Run Mar 22, 2024Sapee came to help with the shopping part of this Rice Run. We finished everything in no time… In the afternoon Yanna and the volunteers came to distribute rice, fish sauce, cooking oil and dried pork to our registered Thai …
- Milk Run Mar 15I started as usual, at 6 am on Asok, packed Sister’s truck, picked up Adri and Willy at Bus Terminal and came to Rong Moo at 7 am to meet Miron and the moms. We gave out 14 packs of …
- Rice Run Mar 8, 2024In sweltering March heat we did another Rice Run. Miron and I did the shopping part and enjoyed the usual Starbucks pit stop on our way to Klong Toei and Boss. In the afternoon Claire led the effort and the …
- Milk Run Mar 1, 2024Another great Milk Run with Adri and Irza. We delivered 26 packs of milk formula to the two Klong Toei communities we support. The small Thai food restaurant next door to our storage room caused a flooding… we had water …
- Rice Run Feb 23, 2024With the spirit of Chinese New Year still in the air, Sapee and I hit the road for a shopping trip. First stop: Makro to get the Rice Run and Milk Run supplies. Then off to Klong Toei market for …
- Milk Run Feb 16, 2024We had the full crew this morning as Adri, Miron and Irza all came to help. Great talk and great work, we gave out 30 packs of milk formula in Rong Moo and Suan Ooy. Later, I took Sister Joan’s …
Upcoming Events:
Milk Run on Apr 26 at 7am
Rice Run on May 3 at 4pm
Milk Run on May 10 at 7am
Rice Run on May 17 at 4pm
Location:
Rong Moo community in Klong Toei slum
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