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:
- Rice Run Apr 4, 2025Miron and I did the shopping and our great volunteers were there to distribute the food items at 4 pm. They had 60 registered seniors come to collect their biweekly assistance.
- Milk Run Mar 28, 2025We finished distributing milk formula assistance long before the earthquake hit Mandalay and also Bangkok. 24 moms and seniors came to collect.
- Rice Run Mar 21, 2025This 1st day of Spring was also Shannon:s last Rice Run and the end of her and Paul’s amazing assistance with Sister Joan’s Mission. They were a central part of Rice Run since 2016 and Shannon took it upon herself …
- Milk Run Mar 14, 2025Miron and I delivered milk formula to 22 registered moms and oldies in Rong Moo and Suan Ooy communities of the Klong Toei slum. We also registered a new baby in Rong Moo and a new senior in Suan Ooy …
- Rice Run Mar 7, 2025Miron and I did the shopping in our usual, efficient way… we were also lucky to find all the Milk Run items at Makro… We left the car at Boss and Shannon picked it up later and drove it to …
- Milk Run Feb 28, 2025We had a great group this Friday: Adri, Miron, Irza, Willy and Pete joined – tons of fun. We started as always with a pick-up at Bus Terminal (Eastern) and a drive into Rong Moo. We delivered 12 boxes of …
- Rice Run Feb 21, 2025I got sick and Miron and Paul jumped in to complete the Rice Run and Milk Run shopping trip. Shannon led the volunteers in the afternoon and they distributed 61 packs of food assistance to our registered Thai seniors.
- Milk Run Feb 14, 2025This Valentine’s Friday we delivered 16 boxes of milk formula to moms and seniors of Rong Moo and Suan Ooy communities. Adri and Pete came to help and share love.
- Rice Run annual registration Feb 10, 2025From the very beginning, Sister Joan supported only registered recipients. The Milk Run moms register their babies throughout the year, as they arrive but for the Rice Run there was always 1 day that all of potential recipients had to …
- Rice Run Feb 7, 2025A big outing this time – 10 of us delivered and distributed rice, oil, fish sauce and dried pork to 60 Thai seniors. Another success…
Upcoming Events:
Milk Run on Apr 25 at 7am
Rice Run on May 2 at 4pm
Milk Run on May 9 at 7am
Rice Run on May 16 at 4pm
Location:
Rong Moo community in Klong Toei slum
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