Check out what excites Bill Gates, you'll laugh
And to show he’s serious, Gates is donating 100,000 of them to poor families around the world.
The bird-based initiative is part of a newly announced partnership between his philanthropic charitable organization and Heifer International, a charity that helps distribute livestock to families living in poverty.
Gates explained more about his poultry plan in a post on his blog, asking readers what they would do to improve their life if they only had $2 income a day.
The bird-based initiative is part of a newly announced partnership between his philanthropic charitable organization and Heifer International, a charity that helps distribute livestock to families living in poverty.
Gates explained more about his poultry plan in a post on his blog, asking readers what they would do to improve their life if they only had $2 income a day.
“That’s a
real question for the nearly 1 billion people living in extreme poverty
today,” Gates wrote. “There’s no single right answer, of course, and
poverty looks different in different places. But through my work with
the foundation, I’ve met many people in poor countries who raise
chickens, and I have learned a lot about the ins and outs of owning
these birds. (As a city boy from Seattle, I had a lot to learn!) It’s
pretty clear to me that just about anyone who’s living in extreme
poverty is better off if they have chickens.”
Besides being easy and inexpensive to take care of, Gates goes on to explain how the bird is also a good investment, keeps children healthy, and helps to empower women.
Besides being easy and inexpensive to take care of, Gates goes on to explain how the bird is also a good investment, keeps children healthy, and helps to empower women.
The
richest man on the planet said the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
is now “betting on chickens” to help bring people out of poverty, and is
currently working on various projects in sub-Saharan Africa to make it
work.
And you can help by hitting Gates’ blog and answering a a question about chickens. Get it right – you can select a different answer till you do – and the former Microsoft CEO says he’ll happily donate a flock of chickens to a family in poverty.
Gates ends his post: “When I was growing up, chickens weren’t something you studied, they were something you made silly jokes about. It has been eye-opening for me to learn what a difference they can make in the fight against poverty. It sounds funny, but I mean it when I say that I am excited about chickens.”
There, he said it. Bill Gates is excited about chickens. And perhaps we should be, too.
And you can help by hitting Gates’ blog and answering a a question about chickens. Get it right – you can select a different answer till you do – and the former Microsoft CEO says he’ll happily donate a flock of chickens to a family in poverty.
Gates ends his post: “When I was growing up, chickens weren’t something you studied, they were something you made silly jokes about. It has been eye-opening for me to learn what a difference they can make in the fight against poverty. It sounds funny, but I mean it when I say that I am excited about chickens.”
There, he said it. Bill Gates is excited about chickens. And perhaps we should be, too.
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