During August 2015, Paul Henriques, along with Gary and Brenda Bendall, visited the pilot schools in Apia, Samoa to assess the pilot dyslexia aid project. During this self-funded trip they visited the 4 pilot schools, and had the opportunity to also visit rural schools meeting with school principals and librarians. The visit to Samoa concluded with a meeting with the Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture, where there was an enthusiastic response to continuing the project in 2016, and to work on a Samoan version of the Steps programme.