The Blue Skies Foundation has announced the winners of its inaugural School Farm of the Year Competition. The Blue Skies Foundation has announced the winners of its inaugural School Farm of the Year Competition at an Awards Ceremony held at the Blue Skies factory on the 3rd December, the day before […]
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Meet Frank Agbese of Anoff Basic School, Ghana
Frank Agbese from Anoff Basic School was recently awarded Best male student at the Blue Skies 2015 School Farm of the year Awards in GhanaFrank Agbeshie is the ninth child of a family of ten and is the only one currently attending school. He lives with his parents in Anoff, […]
Foundation completes new Teacher’s Quarters
This month the Blue Skies Foundation commissioned four new Teacher’s bungalows for a primary school in the community of Nanabin in the Central Region of Ghana. Previously the school had been unable to attract and keep teachers within the local community due to the lack of suitable housing and poor […]
Foundation receives over 70 proposals
Our search for 2016 Foundation projects is underway, led by our Foundation Manager Alistair Djimatey. We have limited funds and resources, but we consider every request that comes our way. Our selection process enables us to evaluate project requests made from within the communities where our farmers and staff live. […]
Foundation project starts in Senegal
The first Foundation project for Senegal went ahead on Saturday 9th of September in the town of Notto Gouye Diama, where the Blue Skies Packhouse is located. The aim of the project was to mobilise the community to clean-up the town and raise awareness of the Foundation, its selection process […]
Foundation opens new classrooms for school in Ghana
A new three classroom block for a primary school in Ghana has been officially opened during a delegation from Albert Heijn and the Dutch press in July. The classroom block also has a staff common room, a head teacher’s office and room for an internet café. The official inauguration took […]
Blue Skies inspire at Kids Country Agricultural show
Blue Skies were out in force with Waitrose at the Kids Country Agricultural Show in Peterborough, UK on Friday 3rd July Kids Country is the largest educational farming event of its kind in the UK. It is held on the East of England Showground and this year was visited by […]
2014 Foundation Annual Report published
The Blue Skies Foundation has published its 2014 Annual Report In 2014 our projects in Ghana included three water systems, three KVIP toilets, a classroom block and accommodation for teachers’; while in South Africa we supported a clinic, a crèche and a primary school. In addition we continued to undertake […]
New medical facility commissioned in Ghana
German Development Agency GIZ together with Blue Skies has commissioned a fully furnished ‘CHIPS’ compound (Community Clinic) in Dobro for the Nsawam Municipal Health Directorate to render health services to the people within the community and surrounding towns. Facilities in the Centre include weighing scales, delivery beds, refrigerators, stethoscopes, office […]
Blue Skies Foundation commissions first 2015 projects
The Blue Skies Foundation has today commissioned two new projects during a visit by Board members representing Blue Skies and two European retailers, Waitrose and Albert Heijn. This year the Foundation is embarking on twelve projects in Ghana, Senegal and South Africa. Projects include the reconstruction of a condemned […]
