Posted on 06/08/2016 2:34:49 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Philanthropist Bill Gates to donate 100,000 chicks to fight poverty
By Reuters
Published: 15:49 EST, 8 June 2016 | Updated: 15:49 EST, 8 June 2016
By Sebastien Malo
NEW YORK, June 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates, speaking in front of chickens pecking and clucking in a New York City skyscraper, announced plans on Wednesday to donate 100,000 chicks to poor nations in an effort to end extreme poverty.
The chicks will go to rural areas in two dozen developing countries from Burkina Faso to Bolivia, where the Heifer International charity manages breeding operations and distribution, according to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Raising and selling chickens can lift families out of poverty, and a farmer breeding 250 chickens a year could make $1,250 U.S., said the Foundation, which is partnering with the Heifer International.
"There's no investment that has a return percentage anything like being able to breed chickens," said Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft Corp.
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Chicks man.
I'll drive.
The number one cause of poverty is corrupt governments.
Give a man a chick and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to chick....um, wait..never mind.
My thoughts exactly.
Hey Bill.How about sending a thousand piglets to some poor Islamic crap holes! No?
An air drop. Hey, chickens can fly, can’t they?
All they need now is money for nothing.
Yeah, right. How many will get there alive and be properly cared for? A very small percentage, I’d bet.
And what will the recipients say about the breeding pair?
“Delicious.”
Heifer international is a Christian charity. They do good work
In other news, Bill Clinton lined up behind Bill Gates to receive 100,000 chicks, only to discover they were feathered.
Are they going to use food coloring to dye them?
This has to be one of the silliest things I’ve ever heard.
There is always poverty Islamic neighborhoods and thug-towns.
Do the math...connect the dots.
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