Our Projects / Hong Kong
Where it all began.
Founded in 2021, Project co|LAB is a non-profit dedicated to improving English literacy and proficiency in Hong Kong.
01 / Our story
In 2021, Kaitlyn joined the Powered by Youth Forum hosted by Kids4Kids Action For a Cause, where teams pitched their community-based social impact projects for a chance to win a HK$3000 seed fund to turn their idea into reality. Kaitlyn worked with her friends to develop their pitch: hosting creative writing workshops with underprivileged children in Hong Kong to boost their confidence in learning English. Their team was one of the top 16 winners who received the seed fund — thus, Project co|LAB was born.
02 / Phase 1
LAB Sessions: Creative Writing
We host story-reading and creative writing workshops for elementary school children (Grades 1–6; ages 7–11) from low-income families.
Our goal: boost their confidence in learning English and help them express their thoughts in another language.
At the height of Hong Kong's fifth COVID-19 wave, Kaitlyn and her teammates designed curricula, worked with mentors, and cold-called over 50 schools and community centers. After five months of planning, we launched our first online LAB Sessions in April 2022, followed by a second online round in April 2023.
Catering to three groups — Primary 1–2, 3–4, and 5–6 — every session had three parts: an interactive icebreaker game; a story-reading segment, where volunteers read a picture book aloud with guiding questions; and a one-on-one breakout where each student wrote a creative piece from a story-based prompt with hands-on volunteer support.
After the pandemic, our third round in 2024 finally brought us together in person: 5 workshops at a community center in Quarry Bay, reaching 30 kids across Primary 1–6. Their work became the Second Edition of the LAB Book — featuring every child's writing and photos from the sessions.
- 90+
- Participants
- 110
- Volunteers
- 20
- Workshops
- HK$21K
- Raised via LAB Book
03 / Phase 2
LAB Sessions: Critical Thinking
Throughout summer 2026, we ran our HK Critical Thinking Sessions with the Changing Young Lives Foundation — 90-minute weekly workshops helping students in Grades 3–6 build critical thinking, communication, and media literacy skills.
Each session moves from icebreakers and introductions to small-group brainstorming, a guided discussion, individual written reflection, and a final debrief.
We explore topics from students' everyday lives, such as AI literacy and gender stereotypes — encouraging them to weigh different perspectives and form their own informed opinions.
