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Testimonials
HERBERT L EARNSHAW, D.D.S.
121 Harmon Place, Stephens City, VA 22655 Office (540)662-4866
August 12, 1999
Re: Sabah Kwaku Dzlfa Gladstone
Frequently in our travels my wife, Ruth, and I had been impressed by certain people in the travel industry into whose care
we had been entrusted. At times we had expressed our appreciation to these people, sent letters of commendation to their employers
and proceeded on our way with pleasant memories of our experiences. One of these was especially outstanding.
While in Togo, West Africa, in 1982, we were escorted by Sabah Kwalu Sabah Kwaku Dzlfa Gladstone, who was then working for Togo Palm
Tours. We found Gladstone to be an exceptional person. His concern for our enjoyment, his ingenuity in coping with extemely trying
circumstances, his controled and calming manner, houesty, punctuality, and overall devotion to our welfare impressed us greatly.
We tool a liking to on another and have maintained contact ever since.
In the spring of 1984 Gladstone related to us his ambition of expanding his horizons in travel industry and also his frustrations
at not being able to do so in his then present environment. He expressed his strong wish and goal to obtain formal trainin in a
school of travel so that his natural talenat of relating to people and his chosen committment to tourism could find a productive
outlet in the modern world of tourism.
I was sufficently convinced his talent, committment, and potential contribution to the field that in the spring of 1984 I embarked
on an effort to collect funds from people in the United States whom Gladstone identify as having been under his care in Togo. I
acted as Gladstone's sponsor and by the summer of 1985 sufficient money was available to finance his trip to the United States and
his attendance at the American Transportation Institute, Vienna, Virgina. His graduation was October 1985.
It is with pleasure,pride and confidence that I introduce Sabah Kwaku Dzlfa Gladstone and recommend him to you now. My association
with him has disclosed to me his inborn talent for understanding people and how that, coupled with his natural love for tourism,
and his skills for putting it all together has set the stage for a career of singificance in the travel industry.
Gladstone is aware of his own potential as wekk as the value of tourism as a cultural factor in peoples' lives and in international
econimios. In seeming contrast to his broad and ambitious philosophy of tourism,, Gladstone is a humble man. This is another of his
natural virtues, and expecially now a very fortunate one as it allows him to eagerly look forward to a position in the industry
that will allow him to exercise and display his abillities, further develop and implement his philosphies, gaining recognition
and advancement along the way toward his ultimate goals.
As a reader of this letter, you have already detected that Gladstone's enthusiasm for the future is contagious and has been shared
by me, as it will also be shared by you should you become associated with him. I strongly recommend him to anyone with long term
goals of enrichment and expansion in tourism. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Sincerly,
Herbert Earnshaw, D.D.S.
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November 8, 2013
Letter of Recommendation for Mr. Dzifa (Gladstone) Sabah
To Whom it concerns:
First of all, let me introduce myself. My name is Rudolph Thomas. I am a Senior Foreight Service Officer with the United States Agency
for Internationational Development and (USAID). I have been with USAID for the past 41 years and served abroad in eight African countries.
During three of my assignments I was the USAID Mission Director for the country programs in Liberia, Benin, and Madagascar. During
my last assignment in Madagascar, I managed a $350 million development assistance program with close to 2000 employees paid by the USAID
program.
In 1984, during my second assignment, I worked in Togo in West Africa. It was in Togo that I met Mr. Dzifa Sabah. I was working on the USAID
program, which was a part of the US Embassy in Togo. Mr. Sabah was an employee at the Embassy. I helped Mr. Sabah move from the Embassy
to a job working with a local non-gcvermental organization which was dedicated to improving the living conditions of the Togolese people.
I have known Mr. Sabah for almost 30 years and feel fortunate that he is one of my friends. While I have not worked with him directly
I am very comfortable in recommending him for employment on the basis of his character. Mr. Sabah is hardworking, intelligent,
conscientious, and eager to learn. He is honest and trust worthy and has excellent interpersonal skills. He loves people, is even
tempered, and very easy to get along with. As a father of children, Mr. Sabah has shown himself over the years to be very resposible
and caring father who is commited to taking care of his family. During the early years of his stay in the United States, I observed
that he worked two jobs non-stop for more than a five year period, showing an extraordinary capacity to work and a strong
commitment to honor his respondsibilities and obligations.
Mr. Sabah is a fine person and would be a reliable and competent employee. I would be happy to answer any questions about Mr. Sabah.
I can be reached by email on rthomas1949@yahoo.com or on 571-241-1517.
Sincerely,
Rudolf Thomas