Representatives of Albert Heijn and the Blue Skies Foundation visited Egypt this month to look at how the Foundation can be extended to implement projects here in 2017. Ge Happe and Henri Zondag from Albert Heijn along with Frank Brinkman from Bakker joined Anthony Pile and Simon Derrick in a […]
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Blue Skies awards School Farm of the Year
Blue Skies has awarded winners of the 2016 School Farm of the Year during a ceremony at St Martin’s Senior High School in Nsawam on the 25th of November. Over 600 students attended the ceremony representing sixty schools who participated in this year’s School Farm of the Year Competition. The […]
5 Facts About Our School Farm of the Year Awards
The ‘school farm’ or ‘garden’ was once a common feature in Ghanaian schools, and was a place where students would visit to learn about food and farming. More recently however, the school farm concept has declined and it is reported that the only engagement students would have with agriculture was […]
New classroom blocks opened by Foundation
The Blue Skies Foundation has recently inaugurated two new classroom blocks in Ghana. They include a new three classroom block with provision for an ICT centre and staff common room for Chinto Junior High School located near to the Blue Skies factory in Dobro in Ghana, and a three classroom […]
More Foundation projects completed
Nearly all our 2016 Foundation projects are nearing completion including a new classroom block for Kyinto Junior High School located near to the factory in Ghana and a new primary school for the papaya farming community of Pampanso. Our 2016 School Farm of the Year project is also well under […]
Foundation Throwback – South Africa
A look back at some of the the most recent Foundation projects completed in South Africa. Balfour Primary School Kitchen Project The aim of this project was to renovate the kitchen at Balfour Primary School in South Africa to give learners nutritious food during the day. The feeding scheme at […]
Foundation reaches out to local South African communities
A team from Blue Skies South Africa recently embarked on a drive to engage three communities near to its factory in Balfour in the province of Mpumalanga. The drive was part of a renewed effort to raise awareness and manage expectations of the Foundation activities so it might identify some […]
2016 School Farm Competition launches in Ghana
The second Blue Skies School Farm of the Year Competition was officially launched in Ghana on the 18th of May at a ceremony held at Fotobi Junior High School. The ceremony was attended by dignitaries, special guests and staff and students of local schools. The deputy Agriculture Minister Hon Louisa […]
2016 Foundation projects take shape
Work on our 2016 Foundation projects is making good progress. This year’s projects include a three classroom block, staff common room, office and store for Chinto Community School near to our factory in Dobro, a clinic for a coconut growing community in the Western Region of Ghana, a new classroom […]
2016 Foundation Projects Started
The Blue Skies Foundation kicked off the first of its 2016 projects in Ghana this month at sod cutting ceremonies at Nuwale where the Foundation is constructing a clinic for this coconut growing community in the Western Region of Ghana, and Kyinto (pictured) where a three classroom school block is […]
