Sister Joan Evans 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, 34 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. 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:
- Rice Run Jan 23, 2026Miron decided to help the distribution effort so this shopping trip it was just Pete and me. In the afternoon, 60 Thai seniors came to collect rice, cooking oil, fish sauce and dried pork packages.
- Milk Run Jan 16, 2026Sister Cecilia and Adri joined this Milk Run. We delivered 17 boxes of milk formula to Thai moms and seniors. Here are more pics from Jan 16th…
- Rice Run Jan 9, 2026Pete joined me for the shopping leg of this Rice Run and we were able to get everything done in record time. Willy led the afternoon effort (and photo taking part) and 58 seniors received their food parcels. Here are …
- Milk Run Jan 2, 2026This Milk Run started with my commute in complete darkness. Adri, Miron and willy all came to start the the 34th year of Milk Run on a great note. We delivered 13 boxes of milk formula in Rong Moo and …
- Rice Run Dec 26, 2025Audrey brought her immediate family to this final Rice Run of 2025. They delivered 60 food packages to our registered Thai seniors of Klong Toei slum. Happy 2026, everyone! We had a very emotional 2025, said goodbye to Sister Joan …
- Milk Run Dec 19, 2025Miron and Adri came to help with this last Milk Run of the year. We delivered 18 boxes of milk formula and registered a new baby in Rong Moo community. Here are more pics from the Milk Run… After we …
- Rice Run Dec 13, 2025Like last three Rice Runs, this Rice Run was generously sponsored by the Shah family. As was Sister Joan’s practice, Sisters Lucy and Cecilia added a Christmas gift to the last Rice Run before Christmas. This year, we choose to …
- Milk Run Dec 5, 2025Adri and Miron joined and we delivered 15 boxes of milk formula in Klong Toei’s Rong Moo and Suan Ooy communities. After we finished, we drove to Kluai Nam Thai hospital to visit Irza and his wife. They were there …
- Rice Run Nov 28, 2025This is another Rice Run generously sponsored by the Shah family. Miron came to help with shopping part and we took a break at excellent Yen Akat Bagels place. We finished it all, I mean: all. 😃 At the afternoon …
- Milk Run Nov 21, 2025The Rainy season seems to have finally ended and the weather has gotten cool in Bangkok. Sun is up later as well so heading to Klong Toei starts in the dark… Willy came to join Adri, Miron and me this …
UPCOMING EVENTS – we still use the same schedule Sister Joan created in 2015: Milk Run and Rice Run alternate every week… coming next:
Milk Run on Jan 2 at 7am
Rice Run on Jan 9 at 4pm
Milk Run on Jan 16 at 7am
Rice Run on Jan 22 at 4pm
Location:
Rong Moo community in Klong Toei slum
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