October 11th

2013

Human Resources Director

Dee Zone Productions (Pty) Ltd

Gaborone

REF: REFERENCE LETTER FPR MR. KEALEBOGA THOBOLO

Subject: Application for Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

This reference letter is provided at the request of Mr. Kealeboga Thobolo. Mr. Thobolo has been

part of Face the Nation since April 2013. He has been with us for the six (6) months. He worked

under the BNAPS (Botswana National AIDS Project) department as a monitoring and evaluation

Officer. Face The Nation is one of the most well-known and fastest-growing HIV/AIDS

intervention programme in Botswana, with a celebrated reputation of being reliable and socially

responsible. For the quality of his work, as the Program Manager of Face the Nation I

recommend Mr. Thobolo to all his future employers.

Mr. Thobolo took part in various stages of the development of projects activities. He was

assigned to write and revise the annual work plan and to collect the data with the use of

Microsoft Excel/ SPSS. He has attended meetings with our team, (WUSC, NACA), to discuss

on project campaigns and work plan budget, and has contributed interesting and useful ideas.

Mr. Thobolo’s responsibilities included; Developing monitoring and evaluation plans to

effectively analyze and present project results in a synchronized manner (reporting), Develop

tools and processes that support quality project monitoring and evaluation, meet NACA (World

Bank) standards and comprehensively analyze project output, Work closely with the peer

educators to fully mobilize our organization’s message and ensuring maximum reach of our

clients .Mr. Thobolo is a quick learner who could work independently without close supervision

Rarely did the staff need to explain a process or procedure to him more than once. The fact that

he always enjoyed what he did made his work of high quality, as he paid attention to all the

details in every aspect of the job.

Mr. Thobolo has been a part of many events held by the company. He participated in all the

phases from inviting guest speakers, recruiting new peer educators both via telephone and

formal letter, arranging the conference room and attended trainings which were run by the

organization. In the beginning, he had shown fear of integrating his computing skills but in the

end he used his computing qualifications to boost data collection and analysis methods. He was

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also eager to take part in a community service program organized by the organization, where He

was highly involved with the community leaders and their activities.

Overall, Mr. Thobolo was always passionate when learning new skills and knowledge, and

became a quick learner. He would talk with and acquire insights when given the chance. He

asked interesting and in-depth questions about the industry just to learn as much as possible. He

took thorough notes from meetings and lectures, and recorded his. He approached every task

with great enthusiasm and effort.

As you can tell by now, I am quite impressed with this outstanding young man and I am sure that

this six months has been an excellent work experience for him. He has gained great knowledge

and experience of the M&E Office and structure. I highly recommend him for roles in the

industry that requires enthusiasm, intelligence, speed and a positive attitude.

If you need additional information or perspective, please do not hesitate to contact Miss.

Mummy B. Gaebolae, by phone at +267 72640090 and +267 72650597, or via e-mail at

facethenationbotswana@gmail.com

Yours faithfully,

Mummy Bunny Gaebolae

Project Coordinator

Face the Nation