Each notebook is an opportunity for a child to continue their story of going to school.
When summer comes, the blank pages begin to open up hopes.
Every summer, when the cicadas buzz throughout the streets, when students close the chapter of an old school year and prepare for a new journey, new notebooks begin to appear again on the bookshelves. For many children living in cities, purchasing notebooks, pens, and school bags is a light joy, an annual habit before the new school year begins.
However, at the same time, in remote areas where the path to school is still muddy with red dirt, where the lights only flicker in the night – hundreds of thousands of children start the new school year with just a few old notebooks. With not enough paper to write on, they have to gather old pages, erase the previous year’s words, and write over them. Those fragile notebooks become evidence of a silent injustice: the opportunity for education is not equally shared among everyone.
A telling number – and untold stories
Current reality shows that there are about2.1 million children in Vietnam living in poor and near-poor households. Each year, more than500,000 children in remote areas do not have enough notebooks to start the new school year. According to minimum standards, each student needs at least40 notebooks/year to ensure their learning needs. However, in many places, they can only make do with about10 notebooks, and then have to write and rewrite, erase and write again – because there is no other option.
This is not merely a lack of paper and pens. It is an interruption in the journey to school. It’s an invisible barrier that makes it easy for them to get left behind, simply due to lacking something so small –a new notebook.
When compassion begins with simple actions
With the desire to bring a new beginning, and more importantly, to sow the seeds of compassion into everyday life, BONZON – BAMBOO initiates the campaign: “Small Notebook – Big Heart”, aiming to collect10,000 blank notebooks to donate to children in difficult circumstances before the new school year.
This campaign is not just a call for charity – but an opportunity foreveryone, of all ages, from parents, students to urban children – to act together. No one is too small to do something kind. And no one is too busy to share.
BONZON believes that: everyone, not only needs to learn to read and write – but also needs to learn how to share. And sometimes, the most valuable life lessons come from specific actions – like giving a blank notebook to a friend you have never met.
An emotional beginning – and the journey has not stopped yet
The first phase of the campaign has been implemented in 4 large apartment complexes: SSR, Mizuki, Lotus Garden, and The Prince. In less than 3 hours, more than200 notebookshas been donated by nearly 1,000 residents. The atmosphere at each donation point is not only lively but also filled with warmth – with cute messages attached to notebooks, and children selecting their notebooks together with their parents, writing notes that say “Wishing you good studies”.
The campaign has proven that: Vietnamese people are always ready to give – they just need a place to start. And now, BONZON – BAMBOO continues this journey by expanding the donation points to BONZON Mart supermarkets.
Easy donations – bringing love closer
From June 1st, the campaign “Small notebooks – Big hearts” officially continues at BONZON Mart supermarkets – where you can donate quickly, conveniently, and with familiarity:
- 154 Pham Huu Lau, Phu My Ward, District 7
- 394 Ba Hat, Ward 8, District 10
- 209 Phan Van Tri, Ward 14, Binh Thanh District
Here, just by bringing 10 new notebooks, you will not only help one child continue attending school – but also receive a small meaningful thank-you gift:
- 01 pack of BAMBOO shrimp dumplings – delicious, perfectly shared
- 01 shopping voucher worth 100,000 VND at BONZON Mart
Each gift is a token of gratitude from BONZON – but more importantly, it is motivation for kindness to spread. We do not expect anything grand. But we believe: every notebook you donate – is a seed of kindness.
No need to go far. No need to be wealthy. Just bring a small heart.
You don’t need to be rich to help someone. You don’t need to be a social activist to make a change. You just need to be willing to send a notebook, and you are already part of the journey of love.
BONZON does not expect you to change the whole world. But BONZON believes that: Every good action – no matter how small – has the power to spread. And every heart that knows how to share today – lays the foundation for a kind society tomorrow.
The campaign is also an invitation for parents and teachers to accompany children in the role of “seed planters” – planting kindness, fostering community spirit, and imparting moral lessons through real-life experiences.
Each notebook – a dream continues to be written.
There is no lesson more valuable than the lesson from life. And there is no gift more beautiful than the opportunity to go to school.Let the blank notebooks not just be learning tools – but also akey to opening up a new future, amotivation to help them continue their own stories, a
bridge connecting caring hearts.
Let’s do something kind together with BONZON – BAMBOO, starting with a notebook.If you are reading this, perhaps you also want to do something meaningful. Then this is the best time to start.
Bring along a few new notebooks. Stop by a nearby BONZON supermarket.
And help a child have the chance to step into the classroom with shining eyes.
