Series:
Box 18
Chitukuko Cha Amai m'Malawi (CCAM)
This series consists of the research materials collected by Paula Rae Brody (hereafter, PRB) and her
manuscripts on the history of the women's organization, Chitukuko Cha Amai
m'Malawi ("Women in Development in Malawi"), in which she also played a role.
Materials are organized primarily by subject.
Subseries:
Folder 1
Book Development
Mock-up copies of book
(2 copies)
Draft Presentation: "Chitukuko Cha Amai m'Malawi (CCAM),"
undated
(9 pages)
"draft copy"
Draft Presentation: "Chitukuko Cha Amai m'Malawi (CCAM)," 11/21/93
(9 pages)
Draft Presentation: "Chitukuko Cha Amai m'Malawi (CCAM)"
(11 pages)
final draft presented to Mama and
Kainja
"CCAM Book Discussion," memo to Mama from
PRB, 24 November 1993
(4 pages; 2 copies, one annotated)
"Draft Outline CCAMBOOK," December
1993
(4 pages)
"1st Draft Outline CCAMBOOK," December
1993
(4 pages)
Overview of book progress
(1 page)
"Project is nearing completion" fax to William
Kadzamira, 1 August
1994
Subseries:
Early Notes
Folder 2
May/June
1993
(spiral notebook)
Some London notes, 11/22/1993-11/26/1993
(spiral notebook)
Notes
(6 pages; loose lined note paper)
Notes entitled "Politics of writing a book," summary of progress for
period May 1993-May
1994?
(yellow legal pad)
Miscellaneous notes
"Scribbler pad," miscellaneous notes throughout pad
Notes
(4 pages; loose, small format, light-green notepad paper)
Chronological notecards 1985-1992
Handwritten notes taken by PRB on other publications
Handwritten notes taken by PRBfrom “Daily Times” [Malawi] on other
publications
Subseries:
Early Research
Folder 3
"Draft Notes & Questions CCAMBOOK": Introduction-Section 19,
January 1994
Includes extracted materials taken primarily from CCAM documents
Folder 4
"Draft Notes & Questions CCAMBOOK": Section 20-End, January 1994
Includes extracted materials taken primarily from CCAM documents
Subseries:
Early Manuscript Drafts
Folder 5
Preliminary Draft: Chapter Examples, 28 January 1994
Folder 6
1st Draft: CCAMBOOK
corrected: "draft to Vegas, 28 February
1994," new {corrected} draft to Malawi
Folder 7
Draft, April 1994
"General Thoughts on the CCAM Book Project," April 1994
CCAM Poem, composed June 1993
by PRB
Copy of "Draft Presentation," November
1993
Folder 8
Draft, April 1994
"General Thoughts on the CCAM Book Project," April 1994
Folder 9
Draft, April 1994
"General Thoughts on the CCAM Book Project," April 1994
CCAM Committee Structure diagrams
Subseries:
Research, 1994
Folder 10
Notes (part 1)
Handwritten (draft?) memo, 28 April
1994
from PRB to Mama
regarding meetings with Hannah Kuwalewale,
Esnet Kalyati, and Mrs.
Kamtenjeni.
Folder 11
Notes (part 2)
Handwritten (draft?) memo, 3 May 1994
from Paula and
Donald Brody to Mama re:
"Analysis of New CCAM Logo.
Subseries:
Final Manuscript Drafts
Folder 12
Working draft 3 (part 1)
Folder 13
Working draft 3 (part 2)
Folder 14
Camera-ready ms. (part 1)
Folder 15
Camera-ready ms. (part 2)
Subseries:
Folder 16
Photographs
Agriculture
Annual seminar
Cookbook
Donations/disaster relief
Education
Environment
Fundraising
IGAs
Kapira and Mwayi Schools
Kwenengwe
Law
CCAM Magazine
Travel to Malawi
CCAM travel outside Malawi
Subseries:
Folder 17
Miscellaneous Documents
Secret Telephone List 1st October,
1988
for Malawi government officials
3 business cards
"The National Family Welfare Council of Malawi: an overview of
mission and functions"
(pamphlet)
Agriculture development in Malawi
(photocopy; 5 pages)
MSCA Criminal Appeal No. 21 of 1995
(photocopy; 47 pages)
Malawi national anthem
(photocopy; 1 page)
"Parliamentary and presidential elections, 17 May 1994 : polling station officers'
manual"
The general resolution passed by the extra-ordinary conference of
the OMM (Mozambican Women's Organisation) in Maputo, November 6-11,
1984
Supplement to AIM information bulletin no. 101
2 folders (Malawi Department of Tourism; Republic of
Malawi)
(empty)
Envelope addressed to Mrs. P.
Brody
(empty)
Subseries:
Folder 18
Other Documents by Paula
Brody
List of projects
CCAM poem
Chitukuko Cha Amai m'Malawi – The Founding
Chitukuko Cha Amai m'Malawi: Women in Development in Malawi
[untitled article about CCAM]
Email from Linda Semu
Email from PRB to
Linda Semu
Subseries:
Folder 19
Memoranda from Paula
Brody to Mama C.
Tamanda Kadzamira
Lanterns, 26 May 1993
General review of referendum voting, 14 June 1993
(13 attachments; 2 copies)
CCAM Magazine, 23 June 1993
Proposed article for CCAM Magazine: "Annual Seminar – 1993,"
25 June 1993
CCAM analysis; project ideas, 25 June
1993
Visit to Macoha Weaving, 25 June
1993
(2 copies)
Organization of CCAM files, 14
December 1995
Chitukuko Cha Amayi m'Malawi: the story of CCAM 1985-1993,
14 December 1995
Subseries:
Folder 20
Articles and Clippings
Subseries:
Folder 21
Periodicals
Raising our voices: news from the Global Fund for Women, July 1998
NABW Enterprise: the magazine of the National Association of
Business Women, v. 1, no. 1, 1994
Guardian today, 7-13 January 1994 ; 21-28 January
1994
Malawi news 17 October
1992 ; 18-24 December 1993
Subseries:
Box 19
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Folder 22
Speech by Chairman for Zomba Women's League, 3 March 1959
Letter to Mama C. Tamanda Kadzamira, 16 July 1996
(2 copies)
sent by PRB, 2nd copy
contains handwritten note to Mama from Donald Brody
Diane Duca
Agnes Kavinya
Arnold P. Wendroff
"Letter to the Editor" by Donald Brody, Friends
of Malawi
Limbe Muslim Jamaat
Embassy of Israel
Note no. EI/3/88
Subseries:
Folder 23
Women in Malawi Documents
Song of the Malawi Women
The role of women in national development: the Malawi
experience
The role of women in national development: the Malawi experience:
guidelines for discussions
The organizational structure and functions of the National
Commission on Women in Development (NCWID), by E.J.
Kalyati
Malawi women--poised and ready to develop their country alongside
men
An address to American Women's Association on women in Malawi, by
E.J. Kalyati
Summary
The League of the Malawi Women
Country paper presented at the World Conference of the U.N. Decade
for Women: equality, development and peace, 15-26 July
1985
Government of Malawi
Country paper presented at the Fourth Meeting of the Sub-Regional
Committee on Integration of Women in Development, 25 February-1 March
1985
Government of Malawi
"Widows fight dispossession"
Subseries:
Folder 24
Mama Cecilia Tamanda
Kadzamira
"Kadzamira inherits all"
Envelope with 2 "with best wishes" cards
Description of back and joint injuries
(1 page; handwritten)
Typed description of back and joint injuries
(1 page)
Photocopy of letter to PRB, 15 December
1995
List of questions Ms Reeders intends to ask Mama C.
Tamanda Kadzamira
(2 copies)
Answers to Ms Reeders
(2 copies; annotated)
"Cecilia
Kadzamira: who is she?" 14-20 August
1993, The Independent
Mrs. Milika L. Kadzamira, 1911-1978
copies of obituaries
Handwritten notebook: contains information concerning CTK's official
activities
writing scattered through the mostly-blank notebook, as well as
additional information about Mrs. Milika L.
Kadzamira, Cecilia's mother
Subseries:
Folder 25
CCAM Organization
Constitution
National Steering Committee policy guidelines
confidential draft
Terms of Reference:
National Steering Committee
National Steering Committee, Paper 2: Sub-committees
Regional Steering Committee
District Steering Committee
Kwenengwe Farm Sub-Committee
draft
Restaurant Management Committee
Handicraft Centre
Human Resources and Development Sub-Committee
CCAM: Second draft
Some notes and questions on the proposed CCAM
(2 copies)
The role of CCAM and its achievements since its inception--Workshop
to review the Nairobi Conference on the U.N. Decade for Women which was held
from 15th to 26th July,
1985
(2 copies)
Overview of achievements of CCAM
Recommendations
Intra visitors: guidelines for discussions: suggestions
Progress report
Programme for the one day seminar of CCAM to discuss the new
constitution
Subseries:
Folder 26
CCAM Brochure
"Proposed pamphlet/brochure for CCAM re: Organization, projects,
sites available to visit," 25 June
1993
memo from PRB to Mama
Letter from Brian Basham to Mama, 24 December 1993
Letter from Brian Basham to Mama, 14 March 1994
Letter from Harriet Murray to
Beatrice Mungomo, 18
August 1994
(2 copies)
Letter, with brochure mock-up, from Brian
Basham to Mama, 23 November
1994
"Analysis of proposed CCAM brochure," produced by Warwick Corporate
as written by Brian Basham
23 page draft; memo from PRB to Mama, 9 December
1995
Subseries:
Folder 27
CCAM Projects & Activities
A report on past, present and future activities
Background
1-page text accompanying opening of fashion show
"Visit to CCAM Handicraft Center, Saturday, 12 June 1993, 10:30 A.M."
memo from Donald Brody to Mama
Project proposal: Development of Kwenengwe Estate
Project proposal: Drilling of boreholes in drought stricken
areas
Project proposal: Integration of child spacing motivation and
services within CCAM's community activities
on cover sheet: "Malawi 1993 Annual
work plan/budget"
Project proposal: Training of women trainers in managerial skills in
various income generating actitivities
Project proposal: Seminar/workshop on women and AIDS in
Malawi
National functional literacy on English
letter from H.G. Kawalewale to Mama
Letter from Vincent Chirwa to Mama, 5 November 1990
with "Medical fund (Ezekia)" attachment by N.
Nseula
"Coming soon – a new cookbook for Malawi"
"In the kitchen"
Questionnaire for MBC – information gathering for the CCAM recipe
book
Progress report: Kapila Primary School by D.C.
Salima
Aspects of CCAM as illustrated through the women
(2 copies)
CCAM-OMM discussions briefing notes, 3
December 1992
Handwritten list of projects
(1 page)
Subseries:
Folder 28
CCAM Workshops & Seminars
Report on one day mini seminar on income generating activities for
women, 19th April 1988 , held at
Lilongwe town hall
(2 copies)
Report on the CCAM secretaries and treasurers seminar held at Adult
Literacy Centre from 1th-24th
July, 1992
Basic learning needs of women in Malawi
(2 copies)
Workshops on safe motherhood, child survival and family welfare
management: preliminary report; Gloria L. N. Scott
(2 copies)
Follow-up activities on training workshops on safe motherhood, child
survival and family welfare management
(2 copies)
Brief report on workshops on safe motherhood and family welfare
management
(2 copies)
Report of the three month handicraft course for out of school youths
(leavers)
(2 copies)
Report of the four month handicraft training course no. 2 for female
school drop outs
(2 copies)
Workshop on challenges of women and children affairs on health and
education, 15th
to 19th December, 1992
Evaluation report on vegetable production and food nutrition
workshop, May-June
1993
Subseries:
Folder 29
CCAM Business Seminiar
"The business of business"
Suggested article for CCAM Magazine, by PRB, 25 June 1993
Business Seminar I: documents for distribution
memo, with 7 attachments, from PRB to Mama, 28 June
1993
CCAM attendance certificate awarded to PRB
Notes taken by PRB and
distributed documents from seminar
Subseries:
Folder 30
CCAM Finances
CCAM funds
Bank balances as at 31st March,
1992
(2 copies, but different figures)
1990 CCAM annual contribution to the
National Steering Committee
School fees/farm inputs paid by CCAM
Audit of district CCAM accounts
(2 copies)
Internal audit inspection report of CCAM district accounts
(2 copies)
Audit of CCAM accounts and reconciliatory report
(2 copies)
Subseries:
Folder 31
CCAM Finances
Visit to the north, Karonga2 September
1989
Report on the visit to flood and tremor victims
Report on the visit to Tomali: CCAM funded flood victim school
project, 16 March 1990
Report on an education visit to South Korea, September 1987
(2 copies)
Report of an educational visit to India, October 1987
Report on CCAM participation in a Zimbabwe international trade fair,
April-May
1989
Subseries:
CCAM Conference Documents
Folder 32
1986 CCAM Conference
Folder 33
1987 CCAM Conference
Folder 34
1988 CCAM Conference
Folder 35
1989 CCAM Conference
Folder 36
1990 CCAM Conference
Folder 37
1991 CCAM Conference
Folder 38
1992 CCAM Conference
Folder 39
1993 CCAM Conference
Subseries:
Folder 40
CCAM Miscellaneous Documents
Press conference note by Donald Brody
Documentary on CCAM
interview with Cliff Saunders of SABC
List of interview questions for Cliff
Saunders
"Any other business," extract from report, pp. 17-18
"Recommendations"
(3 pages)
Minutes, extract, pp. 6-7
"Any other business," extract from report, p. 11
"CCAM helps the needy in Mozambique"
(1 page)
Letter from T.A. Madinga re: paying school fees
for 10 primary school students, 19 December
1986
"Request for assistance: Yankho Nanthambwe," ca. March 1992
"Donation of K200,000 towards the drought," 26 May 1992
"Request for assistance: Chimwemwe Mphedwa,
congenital heart disease and Yankho Nanthambwe,
hydrocephalus patient, 24 July
1992 "
"Request for medical assistance: Yankho
Nanthambwe and Chimwemwe Mphedwa and
24 November 1992 "
"Report on the late Chimwemwe Mphedwa,"
31 December 1992
Loose minute: Nsanje flood victims, 10
February 1995
Proposed change in the status of the CCAM (Confidential memorandum
to His Excellency the Life President)
Extract from Danish Red Cross / EIU country report
Subseries:
Folder 40
Miscellaneous Articles
"Project identification: by Ministry of Community Services"
Letter to Commission on Women in Development from Joyce
Banda, 8 July 1992
Repeal of Section 9 of the Constitution (Confidential memorandum to
His Excellency the Life President)
The Secretary's report to the Zanu (PF) Women's Conference held at
the National Sports Centre on 4th November,
1989
"Stop student rape"
(online article)
"Why I'm fleeing South Africa," by Anne Paton
Frontline Malawi: healthcare
Centre to promote girls' education to be opened in Malawi
"Southern Africa: women in politics"
Malawi Council for the Handicapped flyer
Kamuzu Vocational Rehabilitation and Training Centre Magomero
brochure
"Women farmers, the 'invisible' producers"
"The alphabet of selling"
"To volunteer or not to volunteer"
extract from a publication
"The spirit of self-help"
extract from
Building the nation: Malawi
1964-1974
Appendix A: National Charities Information Bureau, "Basic standards
in philanthropy"
extract from
The givers guide: making your charity dollars
count,
by Philip Mackey, 1990
Appendix B: Council of Better Business Bureaus standards
extract from
The givers guide: making your charity dollars
count,
by Philip Mackey, 1990
"Equal access of women to means of communication in Africa,
including publishing and the respect of women's human rights in fair
portrayal," by Janet Z. Karim
Statement by Honourable Mrs Edda Chitalo to the
Fourth World Conference on Women, 1995
Statement by the Minister of Women and Children Affairs to the World
Summit for Social Development, 1995
Weaving and repairing: the fabric of our communities (Annual report
of The Global Fund for Woman, 1997-1998
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