Trevor works with students, teachers and parents to create sustainably clean schools in South African townships. Of course, cleanliness alone is not his goal; it is a carefully chosen starting point for reviving a culture of civic involvement among people who have become disengaged from public life.
Since Trevor was very young, he recognized the importance of education. His father was a school inspector and his mother a school principal. Both parents encouraged their five children to take pride and joy in their education, resulting in all of them now being highly qualified professionals. Trevor loved school so much, he used to remain there long after the last bell had rung and always volunteered to help with ground maintenance or odd jobs. This love of education has remained with him and after noticing more and more children off school grounds during school hours, he was driven to find out why. He questioned over a hundred children about their truancy, and many replied that they were going to the toilet, which lead Trevor to the schools to investigate. The results shocked him so much that he devoted his life to cleaning school toilets and schools in general.Trevor was one of the first trained black geologists and worked as chief geologist on one of South Africa's largest mines, with all the perks of a well-paying job such as company cars and a house. He resigned from this comfortable position to follow a new path, and to give back to the education system that served him and his family so well.
