This the heart-warming moment a blind toddler walks into a shop clutching a handful of coins asking for help to buy a notebook for her schoolwork.

Four-year-old girl Vanessa Esposio told staff she had been blind since birth with glaucoma when she walked into the 7-11 convenience store in Manila, Philippines, on June 20 at 6pm.

The poverty-stricken youngster said she had collected coins and - despite being barely to see - wanted to buy a notebook so that she could start to study at school like the other children her age.

The heart-warming encounter was captured by a customer inside the shop who helped her to communicate with the staff.

Vanessa is heard being asked what she wants, before answering ''a notebook'', pointing to the direction where the school supplies are.

She continues: ''Notebook! Notebook! I want to buy a notebook. Sister! I am going to buy a notebook.''

After being taken over to the shelves with notebooks, Vanessa chooses an orange one. She also picked out a new pencil then later sat down with other customers and staff who treated her to a chocolate drink and dinner.

She revealed to them her papers, kept strapped around her waist, showing her condition and family details. She is the daughter of a single mother and the second youngest of nine siblings.

Onlooker Rachel Figueroa said: ''Vanessa is a very happy child. She just wanted a notebook to use in school. She showed off some of her mathematics skills to people in the shop.

''She's a bright little girl and I just hope and pray she can continue at school. She has a big heart and really wants to le