LabAid is a charity dedicated to aiding science education in developing countries. It was founded in 1990 by Alan Welch, a retired science teacher who has since received an MBE for this project. In April 1997 it was formed into a Trust and in December of that year became a Registered Charity.
Who works for LabAid ?
Alan Welch and another Trustee, Peter Tall, a retired industrial chemist with extensive management experience, coordinate activities. They are helped by a band of mainly retired local volunteers which include a universiy chemist, a chemistry teacher, a pathologist, a pharmacist, an electrical engineer, a medical laser company director, a farmer and a local government officer. No one is paid or receives reimbursement of expenses.
LabAid would like to thank the growing number of helpers, especially laboratory technicians who are working voluntarily for LabAid in their areas of the country. Thanks to a number of kind drivers who deliver apparatus when on journeys which take them near our base in Amersham, Bucks.
Special thanks to Gary Grant, Managing Director of a chain of toy shops called "The Entertainer" who allows his lorries to pick up any apparatus delivered to his shops. More offers of transport from northern England, Wales and Scotland would be much appreciated.
