Bill Gates' chicken faux pas

Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates recently said he would donate 100,000 hens to countries with high poverty levels, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa but including Bolivia.

According to the Guardian, the Bolivian government rejected the donation of hens, as officials felt that Gates needed to study up on the Andean nation’s thriving poultry sector.

“How can he think we are living 500 years ago, in the middle of the jungle not knowing how to produce?” Bolivian development minister, César Cocarico, told journalists. “Respectfully, he should stop talking about Bolivia.”

Here’s how you can have a flock of chickens donated to a family in need on your behalf: https://t.co/12zlnbG8F7 pic.twitter.com/i2ML1Mp4wi

— Bill Gates (@BillGates) June 9, 2016

Bolivia produces 197 million chickens annually and has the capacity to export 36 million, the local poultry producing association said.