Lisi Brizuela is our founder. She is originally from a small town in the Argentine part of Patagonia. In Buenos Aires she studied International Relations and volunteered in different Argentinean non-profit organizations. When she came to Germany in 2013, she wanted to get socially involved here as well. When she realized from her personal experience the challenges immigrants face in integrating and at the same time the social isolation that both seniors and immigrants experience, she wanted to do something about it. This is how she came up with the idea for The Hello Project. Through the project, she wanted to bring together two very different groups through an intercultural and intergenerational exchange to ensure active integration, combat loneliness and promote mutual support.