FROM B’YACHAD MAGAZINE
Making a Difference
Meet Jacob Dennis, Agricultural Changemaker
His Time in Israel is Changing Liberia's Future
Magazine
Jacob Dennis is the latest recipient of the Schreiber Scholarship Fund, established by Scott and Robbie Schreiber of Northbrook, IL to bring more students to the Arava International Center for Agricultural Training (AICAT). “My country needs people, we need human resources,” shared Jacob. “Going to Israel brought me to a new height and now I’m teaching so many others across Liberia what I’ve learned there.”
This will be Dennis’ second time at AICAT; he has already established a farm school called Moshav Liberia Development Network, in honor of the Israeli Moshav he lived on during his studies, but his dreams expand well beyond his fields. Already, more than 10,000 Liberian farmers and 3,000 students have benefitted from the variety of radio programming, teaching engagements, information booklets, and school programs he and his organization produce based on what he learned in Israel. In the future, Jacob hopes to build a website and adopt an existing establishment with over 200 students to develop a formal grade school and high school for the local children who do not have access to traditional education. He is returning to AICAT to improve his knowledge of research methodology so he can experiment on how to best grow crops in Liberian soil and teach others.
His time at AICAT has already had an impact on farming in Liberia, and with his return, the future is even brighter.
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