"Being able to see and handle apparatus adds meaning that is
impossible to convey through the standard, dry 'chalk and
talk' "
- Oliver Sykes, a school in Guinea Bissau
"Being able to see and handle apparatus adds meaning that is
impossible to convey through the standard, dry 'chalk and
talk' " |
Why LabAid?
Many
schools
in developing countries have a science laboratory but no
equipment. Their students are still required to take
practical exams and they may have to travel some distance
to another school, to be confronted by apparatus they have
never handled before. Few such students pass the
examinations. LabAid aims to improve the teaching of science by providing these schools with equipment, free of charge, through recycling apparatus being discarded by science departments in the UK.
What can be done to help?
Schools,
colleges,
universities and companies in the UK often have suitable
apparatus that could be donated. LabAid can send this to
schools in developing countries. Note that we cannot send
chemicals. Click here to find out more about the History of LabAid.
How?
Is it making a difference? It is enabling many more students to enter careers in science. With donations and more volunteers, LabAid could do more. Some items that we get as a donation from UK schools may be incomplete, for example digital meters are not much use without their batteries, ray boxes need particular lenses and volumetric pipettes are not much use without burettes. We buy these from UK suppliers. If you would like to help us fund this by making a donation to The LabAid Foundation, please email.
Thanks for support from: Schools and colleges in the UK, our volunteers, financial donors, Amersham Free Church, Gary Grant (Managing Director of The Entertainer chain of toy shops - www.thetoyshop.com) and
The LabAid Foundation ♦ Email:
labaidfoundation@labaid.org ♦
Reg. Charity No. 1168144 ♦ © 2016
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