Anthony Pile was a guest speaker during a celebration held at the headquarters of Ahold Delhaize in the Netherlands to mark the ten year anniversary of the Albert Heijn Foundation. The event was attended by a host of special guests including Marit van Egmond, Cees van Vliet and Henri Zondag, […]
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First Foundation project completed in Egypt
The Blue Skies Foundation have completed it’s first project in Egypt. The Amir Elgyoush Education Centre in the town of Belbes where a number of our staff live. The centre was previously in a very poor state with some classes being conducted on the top floor which was only half […]
Meet Eugene Amadi-Atta
Mr. Eugene Amadi-Atta is the Farm Manager of X-ray Mango Farms which is located in the Doryumu area of greater Accra in Ghana. Eugene has been working in the fruit industry since 1980 and through practical experience and training he has developed a huge amount of expertise in pineapple and […]
Meet Abanga Asando
While I was recently visiting the Western Region of Ghana, I managed to meet with Abanga Asando, a young Coconut farmer who currently supplies over 45 tons of coconuts to Blue Skies each week. Abanga first started growing coconut with the Jomoro Group and became independent in 2011 after setting […]
Foundation Projects completed in South Africa
The Blue Skies Foundation have completed a new ‘Jungle Gym’ playground for a pre-school in Balfour, South Africa. The pre-school has recently moved next to the Primary School to allow a smooth transition from Grade R learners in to Grade 1. The Jungle Gym (pictured below) will help young learners […]
Akraman Water Project
Akraman is located within the Akuapim South Municipality and has a population of about 1,500 people, including many Papaya farmers who feed i to the Blue Skies supply chain. The community has never had potable water except for a stream which was used by both young and old as their […]
Krobo School Water Tanks
This is a project to provide water storage capacity for two senior high schools in Somanya, a town where many mango farmers reside. The schools – a boys school called YiloSec and a girls school called Krobo Girls – have a combined population of 2,430 students pursuing a variety of […]
Obodan Junior High School
Obodan is a community of around 1,500 people in the Akuapem South Municipality of the Eastern region of Ghana. It is a farming community and home to several pineapple suppliers to Blue Skies. Since the project was completed the student population has risen from 189 to 250 pupils. The Junior […]
Nsawam Clinic WC
The Blue Skies Foundation first supported the Nsawam Clinic in 2010 when it renovated the medical training centre. As part of the Foundation’s evaluation process, the Board revisited the project in December 2014 and met with the Director and staff at the project. During the visit it became apparent that […]
School Farm Competition wins Waitrose Way Award
Blue Skies are honoured to have received a Waitrose Way Award for its School Farm of the Year Competition in Ghana. The Waitrose Way Awards are held each year to acknowledge Waitrose suppliers who have demonstrated achievement in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Blue Skies are a long-standing […]