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Icembe Foundation is one of the Implementing Agents contracted by the Department of Cooperative Governance to manage CWP. Icembe has been contracted for Kwazulu Natal from April 2018 to March 2021.

1. WHAT IS CWP

CWP is an area-based programme that is established in a defined local area, called a site. Sites are usually a ward or municipal area and need formal support from relevant local government structures.

The Department of Cooperative Governance (DCoG) handles overall management and contracting. The Implementing Agents (IAs) are contracted by DCoG to roll out the programme at a local level and report back to the department. The IA also work closely with the Province and Municipalities and report to them on a regular basis.

The CWP is designed to create an employment, safety net by providing participants with minimum number of days of regular work, typically two days a week or eight days in a month.

A normal site has about 1000 participants, scattered in different wards or villages.

There are different projects under a site and allocated per ward or village and each project has a Coordinator managing an average of 24 participants. Each Coordinator is responsible to monitor the participants day-to-day work, including signing of attendance registers, consolidating weekly report of the work done, reporting incidents, distribution of working tools and personal protective equipment.

At site level, an Implementing Agent must have site offices and appoint site staff, including Site Manager, Site Administrator, Storekeeper and Health and Safety representative. The office must be fully equipped with furniture, laptops/desktops, internet connection and must be comfortable.

Responsibility of a Site Manager amongst others is to conduct weekly monitoring and evaluation of all the projects under a site.

2. AREAS OF OPERATION IN CWP

Currently, Icembe is functional in Kwazulu Natal in the following sites:

No	Discrict Municipality	CWP Site	Contact Details
1	Harry Gwala	Greater Kokstad	Site Address : Greater Kokstad Site Manager : Ms Siyaneliswa Tekula,073 082 0835
2	Harry Gwala	NDZ	Site Address: R617 Art centre Bulwer 3244 Site Manager: Ms Sinenhlanhla Memela, 076 109 2888
3	Harry Gwala	uBuhlebezwe	Site Address: 39A Margaret Str Ixopo 3276 Site Manager: Ms Thabile Hlongwane, 071 494 5772
4	Harry Gwala	uMzimkhulu	Site Address: 169 Main Street Umzimkhulu Municipality 3297 Site Manager: Ms Ziyanda Mkhulise , 073 272 0396
5	UGU	Mdoni	Site Address: P77 Dududu Main road 4192 Site Manager: Ms Tecla Khoza, 078 329 1522
6	UGU	Mzumbe	Site Address: Ward 19 Mnafu Mthwalumi 4186 Site Manager: Ms Bongiwe Zwane, 073 378 2120
7	UGU	Ray Nkonyeni	Site Address: Izingolweni community service centre Site Manager: Ms Phumuzile Hadebe , 073 415 0000
8	UGU	UMzwabantu	Site Address: 85 Harwikins str Harding 4680 Site Manager: Mr Jetro Dhlangisa, 083 238 7099

Examples of CWP projects:

1. Early child development;

2. Setting up gardens;

3. Fencing food gardens;

4. Maintaining roads, graveyards, parks, churches and water pipelines;

5. Doing repairs around local schools and clinics;

6. Repairing dongas;

7. Supply of water tanks, in CWP project areas;

8. Running programmes for orphans and vulnerable children;

9. Maintaining gardens for vulnerable households;

10. Implementing security in the form of guards, where rapes have taken place;

11. Sewing and dress making;

12. Cutting grass in areas that pose danger to society ;

13. Safety and Health monitoring