7. The Operation, Monitoring and Management Phase When the community garden pilot project came to an end of its implementation phase, the KwaNdaya community had to take over its operation, monitoring and management. The same committee was still responsible for this phase, as was stipulated in the project’s constitution. The project was then officially handed over by the project team to the KwaNdaya community. After that a community meeting was held, at which the committee gave the community feedback on how they were intending to proceed with the project. It was agreed at the meeting that every member of the community could participate in the project by paying a joining fee of R250,00 per family for the whole year. This included the committee members. This fee was intended to 'kick-start' the project in its next phase. About 60 community members joined the project and they worked together successfully. A bank account had been opened by three members of the committee with assistance from the facilitator prior to this phase. By using this, they managed to save money and after about six months they started to achieve some incentives from the project in money form. They were paid between R200,00 and R500,00 each per month. This varied by season: some months they were paid well and in other months they were not paid at all.
