Category: Milk Run

A great Milk Run with a lovely surprise! One of the babies who grew up on Sister’s milk formula program showed up with her new baby.

Look at that head of hair! We registered one more newborn and they both received a bag of diapers along with milk formula. In Rong Moo we gave out a total of 13 boxes of milk formula.

After more than 10 years of great service, our faithful scale broke down. Most Thais don’t have a scale at home and we have used it to track babies’ progress. It’s screen gave way and we need a new scale. If you or someone you know would like to donate one, please let me know in a comment to this post.

In Suan Ooy community we registered another little one! This was the first time in a while that we had new babies arrive at both locations. Many registered ones came as well and as always, we didn’t hear a single cry!… We delivered 18 boxes of formula there… Here are more pics from both locations

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Adri and I had a great Milk Run as more moms came to collect and we registered 2 new little angels for the program.

This six month old is raised by his grandmother alone. Dad fled a long time ago and mom is taking drugs so grandma stepped in. We will also provide diapers for him.

We gave out 12 boxes of milk formula in Rong Moo and another 20 in Suan Ooy community. And we had the storage room cleaned in preparation for more work to be done on renovating that space. Here are more pics.

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Adri and I delivered more milk formula to registered moms of Rong Moo and Suan Ooy.

We gave out a record low 5 packets of formula in Rong Moo and 11 in Susan Ooy in addition to the standard 10 boxes we give out every 2 weeks to registered seniors of that community.

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This month we are marking 5 years since Sister Joan left Klong Toei and her volunteers stepped up to keep her Mission going. As you may know, we can do this because we are still using the money Sister Joan raised abroad and those donations are providing for thousands of care packages for the registered recipients.

Sister always provided assistance to people who were eligible for help and registered in one of her programs. Milk Run program participants receive milk formula (the most needy also get pampers) until their baby’s first birthday.

In Rong Moo we gave out just 5 boxes of formula and in Suan Ooy it was 21. One of them was for a new born I am registering above. Here are more pics from today’s Milk Run…

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May, Adri and I made the most of this rainy Friday morning. Babies helped too coming in large numbers today.

This mom came with her two daughters. We registered the 5 month old and gave out a total of 11 boxes of milk formula in Rong Moo.

In Suan Ooy another 11 parents showed up, many with their little ones. The seniors also picked up their 10 boxes of formula. We weighted a lot of little ones and as usual: there were so many smiles and no crying at all! Amazing Thailand!

Thank you May (and thank you Apple iphone) for some beautiful shots from today!

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Another Milk Run event in Rong Moo and Suan Ooy communities. Adri and I were on time and ready with milk formula, baby diapers and clothes.

We only had 8 people show up in Rong Moo from registered 33, it is hard to tell if they are away, working or possibly not informed of us being back to deliver.

We had more luck in Suan Ooy where we gave out 18 boxes of milk formula, diapers and some baby clothes. Adri also took that lovely pic above of a young man who came out to see what are these farangs doing there… here are more shots…

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After a 10 week break due to the third wave of Covid-19 in Bangkok we are back on the Milk Run. It was very sad that we had to pause and we’ll extend the support to registered babies for 3 months past their first birthday. We hope we can make up for the weeks they couldn’t get the baby formula.

Adri came to help this morning but as expected there wasn’t much to do. We gave out 6 boxes of formula in Rong Moo and another 21 in Suan Ooy.

We also added a new baby girl to the list of recipients. Here are a few more pics from today…

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Adri and Nikola did another Milk Run on Friday, Jun 18th. They registered one new baby and gave away 21 boxes of milk formula in Rong Moo and another 22 boxes in Suan Ooy.

Bangkok registered 1218 new Covid cases on Jun 18, the 2nd highest total since the 3rd Covid wave started at the beginning of April. The trend is worsening and we’re wondering what is the moment when we may have to stop delivering help to Klong Toei… here are more pics from Jun 18

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Another milk distribution by Nikola and Adri – they have been carrying Sister Joan’s Mission since the end of April.

They gave away 27 boxes of milk formula to registered moms in Rong Moo community and another 10 in Suan Ooy. There were no new registrations this time. Many of Thais who live in these two of 39 communities in Klong Toei slum have been already vaccinated and Covid cases in the slum are dropping. Still, people are very careful, everyone is wearing a mask, most are keeping social distancing.

Thank you Adri and Nikola for a great job and your compassion and support of those in need. Showing up, week after week for those people.

Nikola and Adri are on a roll, the third Friday in a row they are carrying Sister Joan’s Mission forward, bravely (& smartly) stepping into Klong Toei to deliver love. They continue in steps of Sister Joan and all the dozens of Milk Run volunteers over the past 29 years…

Four of them we miss so much! …