In a fast changing, turbulent world where 65 million people are displaced, poverty continues to grip 50% of the earth͛s population and climate change looms, there is now more reason than ever before for Blue Skies to be demonstrating what it is doing to balance the needs of people, planet […]
Author: Simon Derrick
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Download our February Newsletter
The latest edition of the Blue Skies Newsletter ‘Pelican News’ is out now. You can download it from: http://fresh.blueskies.com/newsletter/february2018.pdf In this month’s newsletter: Our new dairy-free ice cream launches in the UK Blue Skies celebrates its 20th anniversary We meet Godfred Alimo of JT Farm Pelican News is a monthly […]
Celebrating 20 Years of Blue Skies
When Anthony Pile was fired from his last job for persisting with an idea that his employers dismissed as crazy, he decided to do the only thing he could think of – which was to do it himself. And so Blue Skies was born! On the 26th February Blue Skies […]
Introducing our new Dairy-Free Ice Cream
Blue Skies has today launched the world’s first Dairy-Free Coconut Milk Ice Cream made with Fresh Fruit. Made with creamy coconut milk scooped and pressed from freshly harvested mature coconuts, our ice-cream is blended with the same fresh fruit that goes in to our prepared fruit salads to create a […]
Kwakwakrom KVIP
Kwakwakrom is small community in the Eastern Region of Ghana. It is host to just over 1,000 inhabitants who are mainly farmers growing pineapple, maize, plantain and legumes. The Community has had no effective public place of convenience for generations and the community over the years have been battling with […]
Esikabew Primary School
Esikabew is a farming community located near to Nsawam in Ghana. The community is mainly made up of subsidence farmers growing cereals, tubers and vegetables, and there are also a number of farmers growing pineapple and papaya for Blue Skies. Some staff of Blue Skies and their families also live […]
Chinto Primary School
Chinto is home to many Blue Skies staff and some farmers. The community’s only Basic School comprises of a six classroom Primary School and a Junior High School, however the structure that accommodated the Junior High School collapsed in 2014, leaving the school with no choice but to hold classes under […]
Abortia Junction KVIP
Abortia Junction is a small community of around 700 residents located in the Volta Region of Ghana and is home to a number of mango farmers. It is situated close to the village of Abortia where the Blue Skies Foundation provided a classroom block for their primary school in 2011. […]
Somanya Centre of Excellence
This project involved the construction of a Resource Centre for the Yilo Krobo Mango Farmers Association at Somanya in Ghana. The centre includes a 250-seater conference hall, an exhibition centre, an internet café, offices and toilet facilities. Work commenced in January 2012 and it was officially opened during a ceremony […]
Meet Godfred Alimo
Godfred Alimo is the Managing Director of JT farms located in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region of Ghana. In secondary School Godfred had a high affinity for fulfilling scriptures and was particularly taken by the verse in Genesis which says “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the […]
