Hello, World!
This wesbite helps people say Hello to each other.
April 15 update: setting up the email bits... /n twiddling the text...
Hear it from us directly.
Two founders, two cities, one project. Watch us explain why we're building this — and what your support makes possible.
Meet the Team Behind Hello World Jam
Nirabhra from Davao City and Mike from Halifax introduce the project — what it is, why they're building it, and what your support will make possible for students on both sides of the world.
Simple mechanics. Global reach.
The game runs on one rule: every school that receives a hello can send one. That's it.
One school starts
The game begins with a single school in Davao City, Philippines — our pilot launch partner.
A class decides together
Every two weeks, each participating school sits down as a class and asks: who do we want to say hello to, and why? The decision is made collaboratively by staff and students — not by any individual.
They document the decision
Schools submit a short questionnaire: which schools they considered, how they decided, how many people were involved, and whether there were any objections. The process matters as much as the hello.
The world can see it
Every hello appears on a public interactive map. Anonymized data is made available to researchers. No individual student information is ever collected — only how schools made their decisions together.
The network grows
A hello brings a new school into the game. They can now send hellos of their own. The network spreads organically — no central coordination required.
One school starts
The game begins with a single school in Davao City, Philippines — our pilot launch partner.
A class decides together
Every two weeks, each participating school sits down as a class and asks: who do we want to say hello to, and why? The decision is made collaboratively by staff and students — not by any individual.
They document the decision
Schools submit a short questionnaire: which schools they considered, how they decided, how many people were involved, and whether there were any objections. The process matters as much as the hello.
The network grows
A hello brings a new school into the game. They can now send hellos of their own. The network spreads organically — no central coordination required.
The world can see it
Every hello appears on a public interactive map. Anonymized data is made available to researchers. No individual student information is ever collected — only how schools made their decisions together.
The youngest people on the planet have the most at stake.
The decisions being made right now — about climate, about economies, about the future — will be lived with longest by the people who have no say in them yet. Not because they don't have opinions. Because nobody has built the infrastructure to ask.
Hello World Jam starts with something simple: schools saying hello to each other. But the questionnaire at the heart of every hello is a deliberate act. Schools have to think about who they're reaching out to, why, and how they made that decision together. That process — documented, anonymized, research-grade — is the beginning of something that doesn't exist yet: a verified network through which young people can actually be heard.
193 countries represented
One school per UN member state — achievable in months at exponential growth. A concrete, imaginable first win.
September 21, 2028 — International Day of Peace
A natural midpoint milestone. Schools saying hello to each other is, simply, a peaceful act.
January 24, 2030 — International Day of Education
The last International Day of Education before the SDG 4 deadline. Can the world's schools say hello before the clock runs out?
Research-quality telemetry
Every hello is documented. Anonymized data is made available to researchers studying global school networks and intercultural education.
A network owned by its participants
No central authority controls who joins. Schools invite schools. Once the network exists at scale, it becomes infrastructure for something new — the ability to actually ask young people what they think, and hear back.
Three months to launch. Three phases to get there.
Everything funded goes directly toward building and launching the pilot. Here's exactly what gets built and when.
MVP Development
- Web portal for school admin and delegate accounts
- Questionnaire submission system
- Public-facing campaign and project site (already live at hello.prototopiq.net)
- Game logic and mechanics
Visualization & Polish
- Interactive globe showing hellos in real time (prototype already built — see Sneak Peek)
- Mobile-friendly optimization
- Accessibility improvements
Davao → Halifax
- Davao City school sends the first hello to a Halifax school
- Timed to Philippine school year start
- Halifax responds when the Canadian school year begins in September
- Feedback collection and telemetry monitoring
Key milestones
Philippine school year start
Trigger for pilot launch — Davao students begin deliberating which Halifax school to hello
September 2026
Halifax schools respond when the Canadian school year begins
193 schools
First major network milestone — one school per UN member country
January 24, 2030
International Day of Education — our horizon goal
Three people. Two cities. One project.
Mike McGraw
Program Development & Halifax Operations
Halifax, Canada
Storyteller and software architect with 30 years in ICT. Brings security management, systems architecture, and educational innovation experience — including 12+ years leading software development and facilitating STEM workshops across Nova Scotia. Mike is the Halifax anchor of the pilot and the voice behind the program's vision.
LinkedInNirabhra Das
Software Platform Engineer
Davao, Philippines
Systems engineer with production experience building scalable, multi-tenant platforms and real-time systems. Specializes in end-to-end architecture — from interactive frontend experiences to cloud infrastructure. Building Hello World Jam from Davao City, where the first hello will be sent from.
LinkedInAlmera Grace Brionnes
Social Media & Davao Operations
Davao, Philippines
Coordinates school outreach, community relationships, and on-the-ground operations in Davao City. Her connection to the pilot school is personal — it's her alma mater, and where her daughter just finished Grade 3. She's the reason the first hello starts where it does.
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