The total budget needed to implement the Cata Integrated Development Plan is approximately R30 million. This includes a number of crucial infrastructure projects, principally the upgrading of the road. There are also a number of relatively inexpensive interventions that nevertheless could have a major impact on the lives of the poor in Cata. For example, a ‘water for food’ project aims to improve household food security to the poorest households in the village. The roll-out of this project depends primarily on sweat-equity, but cannot be implemented without basic equipment and seeds or seedlings.

These households will enjoy enhanced food security as a result of the project. Surveys indicate that poor households in Cata suffer from serious food insecurity.