Empowering
A Thousand Hopes
Building brighter futures through education and opportunities
What we aspire to do
A Thousand Hopes is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing positive change to the lives of needy children and youths in rural areas of developing world. Join us in our mission to support communities, and schools libraries, provide scholarships, creating opportunities for education and empowerment. Your support and beyond will help us light up a thousand hopes for a brighter future.
THE NEED
The Need: Bridging Educational Gaps in Vietnam’s Underserved Communities
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In many rural areas of Vietnam, children from low-income families face severe educational disparities. While school enrolment is high, about 21% of children still lack access to quality education and necessary learning resources. Rural schools often rely on outdated, second-hand books, leading to poor literacy rates and missed opportunities.
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Without the right support, many bright students are forced to drop out, perpetuating the cycle of poverty.
THE SOLUTION
The Solution: Empowering EducationÂ
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At A Thousand Hopes, we address educational barriers through two core programs: Adopt a Book and Sponsor a Student.
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Adopt a Book: Provides age-appropriate, high-quality books to rural school libraries, reigniting students’ love for reading.
Sponsor a Student: Offers scholarships to bright students from low-income families, enabling them to afford essential school materials and continue their education.
The Focus of our Efforts
Our fundraising initiative and books/libraries adoption programs aim to contribute to the construction of libraries, fostering knowledge hubs that empower communities with valuable resources and opportunities for growth.
Through our fundraising efforts and student sponsorship programs, we aim to provide monetary support that recognize those individuals who, despite financial challenges, demonstrate outstanding academic achievements.
Share the power of education and books with us!
Adopt a Book
Choose a book to gift to any school. Browse through our schools’ wish lists, select a specific school, and choose books by genre or negotiated costs. Click on each book to see its details.
Adopt More Books
You can filter and view all books wished for by a specific school, then select and add them all to your cart to adopt in one go. View all books in a table format for easy selection and checkout.
Book Delivery
We ensure that 100% of the donations for Adopt a Book projects go directly to purchasing books. We raise funds separately to cover all costs including books delivery to schools.
Our Team
A Thousand Hopes is driven by a very small, dedicated team working to improve education, one book, one student at a time. Being new, and with almost no external fundings, our three team members in Sweden volunteer part-time, covering everything from program, partnerships development, compliance, system development, content management, translations, SEO to fundraising, donors engagement and finance. We’re supported by a wonderful advisor, also another board member, based in Denmark, a retired librarian, who certainly believes deeply in the power of books through entire amazing career.
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On the ground in Vietnam, our wonderful local coordinator (also working on volunteer basis) manages operations and connects with schools to ensure every donation has the greatest impact. Together, we work tirelessly to reach more schools in need, creating solutions to bring the joy of reading to students, one book and one student at a time.
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A Dedicated Focus on Impact
We’re committed to maximizing impact in every project we undertake and every community we serve. Through honest assessments, we openly share results—positive or challenging—with our donors. We also recognize that educators should always focus on teaching, so we’re developing a streamlined system to make updates and impact assessments easier for schools, educators and librarians. Stay tuned as we work to build a more efficient follow-up process that empowers both donors and educators.
Our Current Project
Nguyen Tat Thanh Secondary School, Phu Thien District, Gia Lai Province
Nestled in the remote commune of Ia Yeng in Gia Lai province, Nguyen Tat Thanh Secondary School serves 297 students with over 97% of whom are from ethnic minority communities. With 85 students coming from low-income or near-poor households, access to educational resources is not just limited. It’s scarce.
Ngo Gia Tu Secondary School, Phu Thien District, Gia Lai Province
Located in the mountainous region of Phu Thien District, Gia Lai Province, Ngo Gia Tu Secondary School serves as an educational beacon for 352 students in Ia Piar commune. Among these students, 347 come from ethnic minority communities, and 120 come from economically disadvantaged families.
Phan Van Dang Secondary and High School, Vung Liem District, Vinh Long Province
Despite modern facilities, the school's library faces significant resource gaps that limit the students' learning potential. There are currently 3,445 books available (2.5 books per student) with a severe shortage of reference books for both secondary and high school levels. The reading materials are outdated, insufficient encyclopedia collection, very limited life skills books, education materials (only 37 books), and age-appropriate recreational reading.
ADOPT A BOOK 2025 PROGRESS
SUPPORT AND IMPACT WE ARE MAKING TOGETHER
WHICH MEANS
183 of 1,127 Books/Book Sets have been adopted
3 School Libraries potentially benefited
About 2 047 Students potentially reached
Ways to Support!
Adopt a Book
Choose a book to gift to any school. Browse through our schools’ wish lists, select a specific school, and choose books by genre or negotiated costs. Click on each book to see its details.
Adopt more Books
You can filter and view all books wished for by a specific school, then select and add them all to your cart to adopt in one go. View all books in a table format for easy selection and checkout.
Adopt any Book
You can simply choose an amount you’d like to give, and we’ll take care of selecting the books on your behalf. We’ll match your contribution with carefully selected books for the schools most in need.
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Support Our Team
We ensure that 100% of the donations for Adopt a Book projects go directly to purchasing books. Help us to cover operational costs which includes books delivery and processing costs for Adopt a Book projects.
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR IMPACT
Our programs' impacts in 2024 for Adopt a Book program are as followed.
183 Books/Book Sets or total 265 Books delivered
2 School Libraries benefited
Over 2 050 Students potentially reached
Our Sponsor
Our Supporters
We are proud to receive invaluable support from our supporters — Microsoft, Google, Canva, and Adobe — through their nonprofits programs. These powerful tools enable us to operate efficiently with minimal overhead, as we dedicate 100% of donor contributions directly to our programs, while raising separate funds for operational costs.
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Their support goes beyond just providing tools; it’s a testament to their belief in our mission. With their supports, we are empowered to make a greater impact, knowing we are not alone in our commitment to bring education and hope to those in need.
Our Partners
Ever wonder why the book costs in our Adopt a Book projects are so low, sometimes as little as only 5kr per book? It’s because we work directly with local book publishers and have pre-negotiated prices, securing discounts on every book schools request. All books are brand-new, high-quality, and built to last for years. We present this as a business opportunity for local publishers – without us, many would never reach schools, libraries, and children in rural areas. And it works.
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Below are three Vietnam’s top government-owned and private publishers specializing in children’s and young adult book who have joined forces with A Thousand Hopes so far.
Share the power of education and books with us!
Adopt a Book
Choose a book to gift to any school. Browse through our schools’ wish lists, select a specific school, and choose books by genre or negotiated costs. Click on each book to see its details.
Adopt more Books
You can filter and view all books wished for by a specific school, then select and add them all to your cart to adopt in one go. View all books in a table format for easy selection and checkout.
Adopt any Book
You can simply choose an amount you’d like to give, and we’ll take care of selecting the books on your behalf. We’ll match your contribution with carefully selected books for the schools most in need.
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