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…
Songkran Milk Run is always fun as people who can leave the city to celebrate and the ones that come, come with a smile and good will.
Adri and I served just 6 boxes of milk formula and 3 packets of diapers in Rong Moo and another 5 boxes in Suan Ooy along with another 3 packs of diapers. Here are more pics…
I apologize for the delay in my posts here. This one comes almost w months late and eat over due.
Adri, May and I had a wonderful Milk Run and gave out 23 boxes of milk formula and 7 packs of diapers to our registered recipients in Rong Moo and Suan Ooy.
Here are more pics. The beautiful ones are by May…
May joined Adri and me for this milk Run. We all met at Bus Terminal (Eastern) next to Ekkamai BTS and were serving milk formula to Rong Moo moms at 7am.
We delivered 11 packets of formula to registered moms in Rong Moo and gave 3 packs of baby diapers to the most needy ones.
At 9am we were in Suan Ooy community and there we delivered another 17 packets of milk and another 3 packs of baby diapers. Here are more photos…
On the way to today’s Milk Run we saw an unusual site. In the middle of Rong Moo community, where the old slaughter house used to be, a tree was growing by a wall. Now that wall was demolished and the tree is fine, standing on its own. It doesn’t need the support of a wall anymore…
We had a great Milk Run today, giving 13 boxes of milk formula to our registered recipients in Rong Moo. We then drove to the Suan Ooy neighborhood where we gave away another 16 boxes. We also gave out 6 packages of baby diapers.
As I often do, once the Milk Run was over, I took Sister’s car for a wash. Here are more pics from this Friday…
Khun Anju sponsored this Milk Run by donating 10,000 baht. That is how much we give out in milk formula on a typical Milk Run and almost exactly how much we gave today to our registered moms.
Our Milk Run inventory (seen in the picture above) includes a minimum of 12 boxes each of Lactogen 1 and Lactogen 2, Dulac, Dupro and Bear brand of milk formula. These specific products cover the needs of a new born to 1 year old babies. In addition, we provide Carnation milk formula that can be used for nutritional support past 1 years of age. We give most of it to seniors (over 60 years old) who have difficulties chewing regular food.
We bring a minimum of 72 boxes of milk formula every fortnight so our registered recipients can choose the kind that serves them best. In addition, we provide diapers to qualified moms (who are single or lack family help).
The total inventory costs about 18,000 or just US$300. But the benefits to these babies and their moms are priceless. When Sister Joan started this program, she was seeing babies die of malnutrition in Klong Toei slum. This was just 30 years ago!
This Friday we gave out 13 boxes of milk formula and 4 large packets of baby diapers in Rong Moo and later did another 16 boxes and 2 packets in the Suan Ooy community.
May joined Adri and me this time. As usual, we started at Rong Moo community where we registered a new baby and gave out 14 boxes of milk formula.
After our usual break at Amazon Cafe we went to Suan Ooy at 9am and gave out another 18 boxes of formula. Here are more pics from that day…
Irza joined Adri and me this Friday. We gave out 11 boxes of milk formula in Rong Moo, then stopped for our usual cup of Joe at Amazon…
… before giving another 19 boxes to people of Suan Ooy.
A teacher from local kindergarten in Suan Ooy came over to inquire about our program and it’s recipients. We sign up babies up to 1 year of age but as Sister Joan often did, we delivered a donation of 8 cases of packaged milk to the kindergarten the same day…
I finished the day with a scheduled car wash. Here are more pics from Feb 4th Milk Run
Another Milk Run in the winter time, they start in darkness and are quite chilly.
As usual, I loaded the car alone then drove to the Bus Terminal (Eastern) to pick up a volunteer. This week it was Adri who came to help out.
We gave out 12 boxes of milk formula to our registered recipients in Rong Moo and another 16 in Suan Ooy as Thais cooked their breakfasts over coal fires…
Here are more photos…
Happy 2022 from Klong Toei! We haven’t missed a beat this Holiday Season and we’re now in the New Year but things don’t change much in Rong Moo.
Babies are born and keep growing, jobs for parents are not easy to find and the process are actually going up for the basic items. We gave out 11 boxes of milk formula in Rong Moo community and registered a new baby there for the year of milk formula assistance.
This single mom doesn’t have a job so we’ll also provide diapers for her newborn.
In Suan Ooy we gave away 20 boxes of milk formula to registered Thais. Here are more pics…
The last Milk Run of 2021 was as usual – eat and efficient. We had a privilege of doing it on Christmas Eve, I am sure Sister Joan would love it too.
Willy, Adri, Mila and I started in Rong Moo at 7 and gave out 12 boxes of milk formula…
In Suan Ooy we delivered another 10 plus 10 packages that we give to the registered seniors of that community every 2 weeks. It was lovely to close this hard year with such a great crew. Looking forward to 2022, please come join us when you’re free.
