The Rice Run project serves the elderly, typically over 60 years old, often living alone. This program started in late 1990s as a donation of rice to the needy and evolved in early 2000s into a more substantial help to registered recipients. Every 2 weeks, they receive a 5kg bag of rice, dried pork, a bottle of fish sauce and a bottle of cooking oil. Often, we will add more items donated by different individuals or organizations.
Events in the Rice Run take place every 2nd Friday at 4pm in Rang Moo community of Klong Toei slum. This is a Google Maps link to where we meet: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RCYSXM2dBkjPBF1g6
Below are the posts and pictures from our past events…
Miron and I spent less then 40 minutes in Makro today, breaking some kind of speed record. We were lucky as Makro was empty and every item we needed was available (which is rarely the case)
In the afternoon, Audrey led the distribution for the one, last time. She’s leaving Bangkok soon and it was a bitter sweet effort. They delivered 57 food parcels to our registered Thai senior citizens.
Miron and I did the shopping
and he also joined the distribution, as it is now usual.
We had all 58 Thai seniors come to collect their fortnight food packages…
Miron 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.
With Miron in 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 rice, oil, fish sauce and dried pork.
Sapee 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.
Miron did the double-duty again, joining both the shipping and the distribution part…
58 food parcels were delivered to our registered Thai seniors.
Miron 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.
Miron and I finished shopping in record time…
… then he joined the afternoon distribution and helped deliver 60 food packages to all of our registered Thai seniors.
Miron and I finished shopping and he later led the afternoon distribution. Another 59 parcels of food items were delivered to registered Thai seniors from Rong Moo and Suan Ooy communities.
Miron is doing a double duty on the Rice Run. In addition to shopping, he is now helping with distribution too!
In the afternoon we delivered 59 packs of rice, cooking oil, fish sauce and dried pork to Thai seniors.
