Adri came again to help at the Milk Run. We delivered 22 packs of milk formula in Rong Moo and another 10 in Suan Ooy. It was a lovely and very easy Milk Run.
Category: Milk Run
Sister Joan started the Milk Run back in 1992 and the program has been running every 2 weeks ever since. It delivers milk formula to mom’s who can not breast feed because they are HIV positive or for other reasons. The babies are entitled to 1 box of baby milk formula every 2 weeks until their 1st birthday. Some continue past that point – our oldest recipient is a 27 year old, severely handicapped girl.
The Milk Run events start every 2nd Friday at 7 am in Rang Moo community of Klong Toei slum. We finish by 10:30 am. This is a Google Maps link to where we meet at: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RCYSXM2dBkjPBF1g6
Here are the posts from past events…
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Milk Run Apr 28, 2023 sponsored by Noo & Ian
Noo and Ian from Perth donated 5000 baht towards milk formula we delivered today. 🙏🏻
Adri and I met at Bus Terminal (Eastern) at 6:50 and arrived to Rong Moo at 7am sharp.
Moms were there already, waiting for us. Many came with the little ones and Irza joined us shortly after. We gave out 24 boxes of milk formula and registered two new babies to the program.
Adri left us after our usual coffee break and Irza and I continued to Suan Ooy community. We registered another two new babies and delivered 11 packets of milk formula.
Here are more pics from this Milk Run….
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Milk Run Apr 14, 2023 sponsored by K Anju
K Anju donated 5,000 baht for today’s milk formula. 🙏🏻
Miron, Willy and Noo came to help distribute the milk powder and baby clothes that we had. Irza joined us a bit after in Rong Moo. We gave away 14 packs of milk formula and finished at 7:30. On our way to a breakfast break…
We took our Starbucks stuff to the closed Amazon Cafe terrace…
In Suan Ooy we gave out 9 packages of milk formula so all of our registered recipients were served!
Here are more pics from today’s Milk Run
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Milk Run Mar 31, 2023
Adri and Miron came to help in this beautiful Friday morning.
This was the first Friday of this year’s Ramadan so Adri had to pass on all food or drink at our usual coffee break. But we had a great time taking culture and life and religion. Another perfect Friday morning in Klong Toei…
After Adri and Miron left, Sister Joan’s old truck had a wash…
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Milk Run Mar 17, 2023
Adri was there as always and Miron came for his first of hopefully many Milk Runs. We gave out 24 packs of milk formula in Rong Moo and another 9 in Suan Ooy.
Since last month we stopped supplying disposable baby diapers but we provide washable ones for the babies when they come to register or if they needed it for the first time. Here are more pics from this Friday.
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Milk Run 3-3-23
Going to the slum in the morning darkness is almost over as spring approaches and days became longer.
I’m Rong Moo we were welcomed by two new babies to register. We gave milk formula to 23 babies in Rong Moo and another 8 bags in Suan Ooy.
We replaced disposable baby diapers with washable ones in February and now every mother gets a pack of washable ones at the registration as a one time item.
Here are more pics from the Mar 3rd Milk Run
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Milk Run Feb 17, 2023
Sister Cecilia came to Bangkok to join us on the Milk Run and to also attend the Feb 18th annual Rice Run registration event.
We started at 7am in Rong Moo where we registered 2 new babies and gave out a total of 20 boxes of milk formula.
Adri was there as she is for every Milk Run and Claire joined us as well to create a few Tic Toc videos and lend a hand as well.
From Rong Moo, we stopped for the usual coffee break, then continued to Suan Ooy where we gave out another 9 boxes of milk formula.
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Milk Run Feb 3, 2023
As usual, Adri came to help distribute the milk formula and baby diapers in Klong Toei.
We gave out 20 packages of milk formula and 5 packs of baby diapers to Rong Moo community moms.
After a coffee break, I delivered another 9 packs of milk formula to Suan Ooy community. Here are more pics from that Milk Run
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Milk Run Jan 20, 2023
Adri came to help again and we had a great Milk Run. The weather in Bangkok is staying cool for over 30 days now – a first for most of us that haven’t lived here too long. It is just spectacular 20-28 degrees with no rain, sunny skies every day.
Traffic, of course, remains the same. Heavy…
We gave out 19 boxes of milk formula and 5 large packs of baby diapers in Rong Moo community. We also registered a brand new set of twin boys. They are tiny but otherwise healthy.
Babies are growing very well and, as always, rarely any of them cries.
In Suan Ooy we gave out just 2 packets of milk to the only moms that are currently registered there. We usually deliver another 7 packets of fortified milk formula to the local seniors but this Friday no one came to claim them.
Only two moms, one of them on a motorcycle with a baby seat on it. Fearless, as many others are… Here are more pics from this Milk Run
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Milk Run Jan 6, 2023
Irza came to help on this beautiful morning, a third week now of amazing, cool weather, clear skies, no rain.
As I arrived, monks were doing their alms, Rong Moo community was just waking up….
As for every Milk Run Friday, I found Sister Joan’s 19 year old truck parked at it’s usual place, took it to Boss Mansion, loaded the milk formula…
… and brought it back to the slum to deliver the milk formula.
Irza joined shortly and we had a productive morning giving out 18 boxes of milk formula, 5 packets of baby diapers and we added another little one. His name is New Year and yes – he was born on 1/1/2023 – the Cristian New Year.
Rong Moo stands for Pig Store – a slaughter house and today I passed by the rubble of the last remaining slaughter house in the neighborhood. Change is unstoppable…
After our usual break, Irza and I drove to Suan Ooy community. There we delivered another pack of diapers and 9 more packets of milk formula. And to finish this beautiful morning in Klong Toei slum, I took Sister’s truck for it’s regular wash…
Here are more pics…
