About the Medical Outreach Program
Living Water Medical Outreach (LWMO) provides health advocacy, medical assistance, and care coordination for students supported by the Collins Geigert World Education Foundation (CGWEF).
Helping Students Receive the Medical Care They Need
Living Water Medical Outreach (LWMO) provides health advocacy, medical assistance, and care coordination for students supported by the Collins Geigert World Education Foundation (CGWEF).
For students living in poverty, obtaining dependable medical care can be a serious challenge. Even relatively common illnesses may become dangerous when treatment is delayed, appropriate facilities are unavailable, or the cost of medical services is beyond a student's means.
In most African countries, Primary education is free for 8 years and compulsory (if there is a school in the village) between the ages of 7 and 12. Secondary education past grade 8 must be paid for by the family and costs range from $600 (US) per year and up. Lower Secondary school covers grades 9 - 10 (from the lower-teen years (approximately ages 13 - 16), while Upper Secondary school covers grades 11 and 12 (ages 17 - 18).
Objectives For The Collins Geigert World Education Foundation
The Collins Geigert World Education Foundation has the goal of helping poor and orphaned children get the education they need to help them succeed and bring opportunities to themselves, their communities, and their countries. We have a clear set of rules for identifying recipients and a clear procedure for monitoring their education and helping them succeed but just as importantly holding our students to account.
Goals for the Foundation
Globally, 35% of all out-of-school children of primary age, 25% of all out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary age, and 18% of all out-of-school youth of upper secondary age live in war zones, also called conflict-affected areas. For this reason alone, most all of our students are in boarding schools, which makes it far easier to control their environment, and build a safety net around them.