Sister Joan Evans was 60 years old when she moved from Perth, in Western Australia, to Bangkok’s largest slum to serve the poor in 1991. She worked tirelessly, often seven days a week, for months on end, over next 25 years. She showed us the power of compassion and care, particularly for young mothers and elderly people in need of support. 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, 35 years on. Sister Joan started the Milk Run in 1992 in response to high mortality among newborns and babies at that time. After publicity about Sister Joan’s work, more donors were drawn to support her work. That enabled her to fund the Rice Run, which was organized as a group effort in 2002, after years of supporting different households and seeing that elderly residents the Klong Toei slum also needed help to get basic food items.
In 2016, when Sister Joan was in her mid-80s, close supporters in Bangkok suggested that, with age having taken a toll on her health and undermining her capacity to speak Thai, she should return to Perth after a quarter of a century of devotion to her neighbors in the Rong Moo slum. But the Presentation Sisters were happy to keep funding her mission. And in 2019, we added a new program called the School Run to support education, which is a key focus of the order, to keep helping registered students undertake further study and complete a degree at universities in Thailand.
Here are the posts and pictures from our latest events:
- Milk Run Sep 25, 2026Bangkok climate remains so stabile that this is only the 3rd or 4th time in 15 years that we had rain for the Milk Run. Miron and I delivered 18 boxes of milk formula between the Suan Ooy and Rong …
- Rice Run Sep 18, 2026Miron and I did the shopping part, as usual… In the afternoon, he joined the ladies to distribute 58 parcels of rice, oil, fish sauce and pork to our registered Thai seniors from Klong Toei slum.
- Milk Run Sep 11, 2026We spent the 25th anniversary of 9-11 in Klong Toei slum, delivering help to the needy. Thai seniors and moms came to collect 18 boxes of milk formula from Willy, Irza, Miron and me.
- Rice Run Sep 4, 2026With Miron n Europe, Sapee and Milan came to help me with the shopping leg… We left the truck loaded and ready for the afternoon distribution. 56 of our registered Thai seniors showed up to collect their fortnight supply of …
- Milk Run Aug 28, 2026Adri & I did this Milk Run without Miron – he is in Europe. Between Rong Moo and Suan Ooy communities we delivered 19 boxes of milk formula. I had Sister’s Joan old truck washed and ready for next week’s …
- Rice Run Aug 21, 2026Sapee and Milan came to help with shopping… … and Miron joined the afternoon distribution too. They delivered 55 packages of rice, cooking oil, fish sauce and dried pork.
- Milk Run Aug 14, 2026Irza, Adri, Miron and I delivered 18 packs of milk formula this Friday. As always, we were at Klong Toei Rong Moo at 7 am, meeting moms with their little ones… … took our breakfast at Starbucks… … and finished …
- Rice Run Aug 7, 2026Miron did the double-duty again, joining both the shipping and the distribution part… 58 food parcels were delivered to our registered Thai seniors.
- Milk Run Jul 31, 2026Adri, Miron and I delivered 17 boxes of milk formula.
- Rice Run Jul 24, 2026Miron did the double-duty again, shopping with me in the morning … … and then joining the afternoon distribution. They delivered 59 packages to Klong Toei Thai seniors.
UPCOMING EVENTS – we still use the same schedule Sister Joan created in 2015: Milk Run and Rice Run alternate every week… coming next:
Rice Run on Oct 2 at 4pm
Milk Run on Oct 9 at 7am
Rice Run on Oct 16 at 4pm
Milk Run on Oct 23 at 7am
Location:
Rong Moo community in Klong Toei slum
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