What are you going to do to better your life if you have two dollars a day? Maybe you know one the richest person in the world. And if not, please allow me to introduce to you. The company we today know as Microsoft was started by Bill Gates. He is recognised in the tech field as one of the great movers of our time.
Bill replied, "That's a real question for nearly 1 billion people living in extreme poverty today. There's a no single right answer, of course, and poverty looks different from other 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 the extreme poverty is better off if they have chickens."
In fact, he says, if he is in the same situation, he will raise chickens. As part of the Gates Foundation, according to the BBC, Microsoft founder Bill Gates has launched a campaign to help extremely poor families in sub-Saharan Africa by giving them chickens.
We also believe that the potential of raising chickens is rewarding. In fact, in our experience growing-up, in my parent's place in Sta. Cruz, Marinduque, our father raised chickens in our backyard. We were used to having fried eggs from our own produce for breakfast together with fried "tunsoy" or dried fish. My parents also raised hogs to support other needs especially for tuition payment.
These stories of our younger days, coupled with the desire to help our local community, have inspired us to go into farming. The Esplana Community Integrated Farm is hoped to venture in agribusiness and produce agricultural, livestock and poultry products for our Kababayans in Marinduque and other parts of Luzon.