Can 100,000 chickens help Africa's poorest?

Bill Gates is renowned for his philanthropic work, but the billionaire's most recent campaign is out of the norm: he's promised to donate 100,000 chickens to countries with high levels of poverty, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. Chickens are easy and cheap to take care of, they keep children healthy and they empower women who sell chickens and are likely to reinvest the profits in their families, wrote Gates on his blog in June.
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