{"id":221185,"date":"2016-06-09T17:00:01","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T17:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=221185"},"modified":"2016-06-09T17:00:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T17:00:01","slug":"bill-gates-launches-chicken-plan-to-help-africas-poor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/bill-gates-launches-chicken-plan-to-help-africas-poor\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Gates launches chicken plan to help Africa&#8217;s poor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Microsoft founder Bill Gates has launched a campaign to help extremely poor families in sub-Saharan Africa by giving them chickens.<\/p>\n<p>The billionaire and philanthropist says raising and selling the birds can be efficient to tackle extreme poverty.<\/p>\n<p>He has promised to donate 100,000 chickens, and the project&#8217;s page has already been shared thousands of times.<\/p>\n<p>The UN estimates that 41% of people in sub-Saharan Africa live in extreme poverty.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Gates said a farmer breeding five hens could earn more than $1,000 (\u00a3690) a year. The poverty line is about $700 (\u00a3484).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/1051A\/production\/_89924866_billgates.jpg\" alt=\"Screen grab from tweet from Bill Gates which reads: \" width=\"600\" height=\"436\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<p>He added that the goal was to help 30% of the rural families in sub-Saharan Africa raise improved breeds of vaccinated chickens, up from the current 5%.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These chickens are multiplying on an ongoing basis so there&#8217;s no investment that has a return percentage anything like being able to breed chickens,&#8221; he said at the launch of the campaign in New York.<\/p>\n<p>How does Bill Gates choose which causes to back?<\/p>\n<p>He is partnering with charity organisation Heifer International.<\/p>\n<p>Some 800 million people live in extreme poverty worldwide, the UN says.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft founder Bill Gates has launched a campaign to help extremely poor families in sub-Saharan Africa by giving them chickens. 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