Hello Neighbor (organization)

Hello Neighbor is a United States non-profit organization headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that was founded in 2017 by Sloane Davidson.^[1] This organization aims to partner recent refugees with families already living in their communities.^[2] The catalyst for Hello Neighbor was Thanksgiving 2016, when Davidson stumbled onto an Airbnb program that was matching American families with refugee families for Thanksgiving dinner.^[3] Davidson signed up and got a call saying she had been matched with a family of Syrian refugees in her neighborhood.^[4] The two families connected and became close friends. It was this interaction that inspired Davidson to launch the non-profit.^[3]

Hello Neighbor

Founded	2017
Founder	Sloane Davidson
Legal status	501(c)(3) nonprofit
Headquarters	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Region served	United States
Website	helloneighbor.io/

Hello Neighbor's goal is to help refugees become more self-sufficient^[5] by partnering them with friends who can help them both navigate city systems and have a little fun in the process.^[6][7]

As of May 2017,^[update] all Pittsburgh mentorship slots have been filled.^[8] The program supports 25 refugee families with 25 families in the Pittsburgh area.^[9]

See also

• HIAS