The Community Organisation Resource Centre (CORC) is a South African non-governmental organization that supports professionals and grassroots activists in carrying out collaborative projects. Since 2002, The Community Organisation Resource Centre (CORC) is a South African non-governmental organization that supports professionals and grassroots activists in carrying out collaborative projects. Since 2002, CORC provides support to organizations that work with their own resources in issues such as land, informal settlement upgrading, and basic services. CORC also enables parties to learn from one another and creates unity to facilitate relationships with institutions such as the State (CORC, 2013).

Aditya “Adi” Kumar

Adi is a technical coordinator and a CORC Langrug project manager. He was responsible for coordinating valuable partnerships for the project, including Enviro Loo and Touching the Earth Lightly (TTEL).

Baraka Mwau

Baraka is originally from Nairobi, Kenya, and came to South Africa to study at the University of Cape Town and to work. He completed his master’s degree in Urban Planning in December 2013, and plans to move back home to work in Kenya. Baraka has been supervising the operations of the Langrug WaSH facility since it opened.  He makes the schedules for the caretakers and night security and facilitates their payment.  He is very interested in ways to improve the current systems at the facility and in all aspects of water and sanitation in the community.

Olwethu Jack

Olwethu is an architect at CORC with Xhosa origins.  He is passionate about thinking “outside the box” and using his skills to help the poor.   Olwethu was the principle designer of the Mandela Park WaSH facility.  Olwethu worked with the 2013 WPI WaSH-UP students and co-researchers to draft an initial layout of the Zwelitsha dry sanitation facility.  He will work with the partners to complete the design for the facility.

Sizwe Mxobo

Sizwe is a CORC representative who worked with several project groups. He is very conscientious of the social factors involved in upgrading, and repeatedly stresses the community’s involvement in any undertaking.  Having worked with many different groups from WPI, Sizwe is very aware of the scope of WPI projects and is very grounded in what is possible for us to achieve in our time in Cape Town.