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Projects Overview
Project Name |
People's Movement |
Location |
Project Management |
CORC Programmes Involved |
Status |
Brief Description |
| 7400 houses project | CUP | National | uTshani Fund/Fed of the Urban and Rural Poor (FEDUP) | PEP, Urban Env, Enumerations, CMN | FEDUP, Govt to start actual development | Construction in 6 provinces once details for project finalised with Department of Housing |
| Africa Platform | CUP | Continent-wide | In house CORC | All | Platform launched in Cape Town in May 2006, representing a base of 15 countries | 6 cities identified as pilots: Cape Town, Windhoek, Balntyre, Kisumu, Accra, Arusha. Coordinator appointed. |
| Aliwal & Smith Street Inner City Housing | CUP | Inner City, Durban | In house CORC, FEDUP |
Urban Land | Negotiations underway to transfer Church land to community association for housing development | Fedup has an MoU with the Methodist Church in terms of which under-utilized church land will be developed and transferred to needy communities |
| Amaoti Upgrade | CUP | Inanda, Durban | uTshani Fund/FEDUP | Urban Land, Urban Env |
Enumeration complete, awaiting allocation of sites for model houses | 15 000 houses to be constructed. Federation to lead people’s housing |
Cement Factory Upgrade |
CUP/ARC | Philippi, Cape Town | Handled by Trust with no direct links to CORC | All | A mixed-income development that uses alternative technologies | |
| Cwebeni Horse Trails | ARC | Wild Coast, Eastern Cape |
In house: Co-Connected | Co-Connected | Funds secured, infrastructure in place | Community owned and managed eco-tourism initiative in the form of a horse trail that links five coastal communities |
| Community Toilet Blocks, Durban | CUP | Durban | uTshani Fund/FEDUP | Urban Env | Ongoing partnership with Durban Metro to construct toilets in informal settlements without services | Only two toilet blocks constructed to date. Process needs to be speeded up. |
Ekuphumleni Housing Association |
CUP |
Philippi, Cape Town | Ekuphumleni Housing Association | Urban Env, CMN | Housing Development to be completed | Land transfer to be facilitated. Plan to be designed for Management of the Community Centre. Houses to be allocated. |
| Emergency Shelters | CUP | National | In House PEP | PEP | Capital secured. Plans designed. Blocked presently while new strategies are developed | Efforts to design and manufacture very cheap housing units that are easy to transport and erect as responses to emergencies, especially the emergency of inadequate shelter. |
| Khayelitsha Site C People’s Housing | CUP | Khayelitsha, Cape Town | uTshani Fund/FEDUP | Urban Environment |
land secured, 1000+ families mobilized into savings groups | People’s Housing as part of a large private sector/Govt driven settlement upgrade for Cape Town’s largest informal settlement |
| Klipfontein Glebe | CUP |
Crossroads, Cape Town |
PMT to be set up | All | Steering committee of rival factions established. Options for upgrading on part of the land under exploration. | upgrade and development of 67 hectares on N2 corridor, including a relocation component and possibly a small in situ upgrade. Methodist Church land in the noise contour zone of Cape Town airport. |
Leandra House Construction |
CUP | Leandra, Mpumalanga | uTshani Fund/FEDUP |
PEP | Completion of 100 houses by end April | Governance issues resolved. Costing addressed. Houses under construction with builders from several Federations. |
| Manteku Seed Project | ARC |
Port Alfred, East Cape | In House CORC | Co-Connected | Co-Connected to take over management of existing nursery that has ceased production | harvesting of indigenous seed and propagation for the medicinal trade and for re-seeding indigenous forests |
| Mzamba Tours | ARC |
Wild Coast, East Cape | In House CORC | Co-Connected, Urban Land | project ongoing - additional support | Community-based eco-tourism and land Claim |
| N2 Gateway Project | CUP | Cape Town | PD/HPF | CMN/Kancane/Urban Environment | provincial support/city council opposed/community weak | information gathering and awareness around N2 gateway project |
| Nyati Family Clan | ARC | Port Elizabeth, East Cape | In House CORC |
Co-Connected, Urban Land | land claim due to be settled, Land in Addo Park | Feasibility study into community managed eco-tourism initiatives. Negotiations with willing seller and Dept of Land Affairs. |
| Orphans and Vulnerable Children Network | CUP | Cape Town, Empangeni | In House CORC | Sizakuyenza | Over 25 groups established. Networking extensively | Creating safe physical and social space in communities for vulnerable women and children |
| Piesang River Double Storeys | CUP | Inanda, Durban | uTshani Fund/FEDUP | PEP, Land, CMN | Awaiting costing approval from City Council. Land cleared. Beneficiaries idenitified and screened | Final stages of a housing development for 1500 families. Lack of available land has led to densification through the construction of multi-storey structures |
| Safe Haven For Abused Women | CUP |
Philippi, Cape Town |
In House CORC | Sizakuyenza | funds secured. Construction collective trained. Land purchased. Plans submitted. Contractors appointed. | building of a community managed safe haven for abused women and kids |
| Savings Mobilization and Management | CUP/ARC | National | In House CORC |
CMN | Three pilot groups identified in Western Cape: Khayelitsha, Freedom Farm and Manenberg. Coordinators identified | Savings practices need significant strengthening. CORC realizes that focused interventions around systems, accountability and management are required. Learning to be replicated via exchanges through CORC linked networks |
| Settlement Profile, Cape Town | CUP | Cape Town | In House CORC | Enumeration team | Profiling completed. Information being compiled and verified | Information gathering on all informal settlements in Cape Town to be followed by mobilization of savings schemes. |
| Snail Project | CUP | Western Cape | PPM | Urban Env, Co-Connected |
Teams established in rural areas around Clanwilliam. Premises secured. Contract for products secured | Employment creation through harvesting of snails from vineyards and fruit farms to be exported to Europe for the restaurant trade. |
| Solid Waste Network | CUP | Western Cape | PPM |
Urban Env | Six recycling teams set up as a result of exchanges to and from Egypt | Setting up a provincial network of recyclers and waste managers for livelihoods, engagement with state institutions and to address pressing urban environmental issues. |
VukuZenzele Creche and Old Aged Home |
CUP | Philippi, Cape Town | Vukuzenzele Housing Association | Outsourced to Aaron Wegmann Architects | Land to be subdivided and a portion transferred to a Trust for th construction of a crèche and an old aged home | Costs for the construction of the two units donated but on condition that land is granted to the grantmakers who will then run and maintain the structures. |
| N2 Toll Road, Eastern Cape | ARC | Wild Coast, Eastern Cape | In house CORC | Connected, Enumeration, CMN | Enumeration of villages along route completed, Links with NGOs in Brazil | Making rural communities aware of the direct implications of the N2 toll road so they can be united and informed in order to broker deals that are favourable to them in terms of social, economic, cultural and environmental impacts |