In 2001, GTS met the directors of GOVI, Phil and Joan Fellar at the GTS restaurant in Kololi opposite the Koloi Beach Club. They were there for the cremonials following the Presidential elections.

Support for the blind in a third world country is essential and specialist work. For sometime GTS has had a close interest in how handicapped people are supported in Gambia and in 2000 we started a campaign to raise money for Campama a specialist foundation run to help the blind, handicapped or mentally ill who require rehabilitation.

This was sadly unsuccesful as we had great difficulty getting permisson to visit Campama in Gambia and our campaign drew venemous correspondance from a small section of the Gambian community living abroad, who claimed that GTS was a corrupt money making hoax attempting to line its pockets by exploiting the misfortunes of others.

One positive ourcome of this was being contacted by an amazing blind lady from America Ginny Quick, who visited Gambia with her guide dog and at one point considered working with GTS to provide help to blind people who would visit GTS for computer training, but funding has delayed those plans.

In 2001 GTS developed links with St Augustines Church in Dumbarton, where I met the congregation and in particular a blind paritioner Mel, who wanted to sponsor a blind child's education and so Omar's education (pictured here) commenced, not only providing support to Omar but employing an otherwise unemployed young man who picks Omar up each morning and evening to get to and from his school bus.