Higher Ground Project Case Study

As a team, we started off by establishing that we wanted to work with a non-profit involved with refugees and immigrants. This is because it is currently one of the biggest topics in the United States and the presidential debate. We became a group because we all were individually passionate about the issue and wanted to make as big of a difference as possible to help immigrants integrate into American lifestyle. We then met up, got to know each other a little bit better and how we work in teams, and finally started to research some non-profits in the local area. After researching for a brief while, we decided to pursue working with Higher Ground International, which caters to refugees coming to America from Western Africa. Our team leader went on to contact some board members from Higher Ground, and they wanted to get to know us better. As a result, we volunteered at a Cultural Gala they hosted at a hotel in Providence. After volunteering at this gala, we learned more about this organization and some potential problems that we may want to fix with our project.
The biggest problem we found from our experience at the gala and researching Higher Ground, was that there was one person in the company doing all the work.
In order to do this we came up with the idea of forming a student and adult committee that can help Henrietta cater with figuring out fundraising, help with the elders, and manage the marketplace for broken pieces which is Higher Ground’s store. Also, this committee can manage all the contacts of clubs and schools that want to help Higher grounds and find a way to get them involved. And this committee will help out with social media updates and the Website as well. These are all things Henrietta doesn’t have time to deal with and this committee would make a huge difference in developing Higher Grounds so they start achieving the big goals they