At the annual general meeting of the Friends in August, 2010, it was decided to change the name of the charity (see above) and slightly alter its aims as the trustees agreed it was time to reach out to more visually impaired and blind children and young people in the Gambia. The Friends will continue to support the resource centre run by the Gambian Organisation of the Visually Impaired (GOVI) as it has done since 1998. This, the only school for the blind in the Gambia, has about 32 students. But it is estimated that there are 3,200 blind and partially sighted children in the Gambia.

The Gambian government is seeking, through its Integrated Education Programme (IEP) to train teachers who can help such children and young people who attend mainstream schools. The Friends want to co-operate with the government and other agencies, including GOVI,  by supporting the education of visually impaired children and young people in the Gambia through raising funds to provide materials, equipment, training and facilities.

Four of the trustees plan to visit the Gambia in November and will look at other projects. In the meantime the Friends have assisted the GOVI school in several ways particularly by ensuring that the pupils receive breakfast each school day.