We didn't choose
where we were born —
but we can choose to share

I was born in places like Korea and the United States, and I get to live a life without major hardship. One day it struck me — this isn't something I earned. The country we're born in, the family we're born into — none of us get to choose these things. It's pure luck.

At the very same time, somewhere else in the world, there are children who simply weren't as lucky — born into much harder circumstances, facing real struggles every single day.

If that difference came down to luck rather than effort, then sharing a part of what that luck gave us felt like the only honest response. That's how Dream Lab began.

We don't run our own programs on the ground — instead, we channel our monthly sharing through organizations that are already doing this work well. Right now, that organization is Cointree Korea, an international foundation that supports education, medical care, and emergency relief for children in Bolivia, Sri Lanka, and Mexico.

We chose Cointree for its transparency — about 83% of every donation goes directly to programs on the ground. As Dream Lab grows, we may also look at other organizations doing similarly honest, effective work.

The monthly donation is where Dream Lab started, but it's not the only way we want to help. Here are a few other ways we're working to make a difference, big or small.