Last month we launched an appeal in our newsletter to support a charity in Ghana that works with children with disabilities. Fun.ctional Works are partners of Klicks Africa Foundation and need help to support children who have not been able to attend classes due to lockdowns. Many of these children […]
Category: FutureFresh
University of Northampton students pitch ideas to Blue Skies for the Future of Fruit
Students from the University of Northampton’s Faculty for Business and Law have pitched their ideas for products that could help a locally based fruit business meet the needs of the future. The FBL (Faculty of Business and Law) Challenge, has been devised by the University in partnership with Blue Skies.The […]
Toolkit to help agribusinesses run their own School Farm Competition
The Blue Skies Foundation has launched a new Toolkit for agribusinesses to start their own School Farm of the Year Competition. Following the success of the initiative launched by Blue Skies in Ghana in 2015, the Toolkit provides detailed guidance for other organisations to replicate the model which is designed […]
School Farm Awards inspire the next generation
Blue Skies is encouraging the next generation of agricultural entrepreneurs after crowning the winners of its 2019 School Farm of the Year Competition in Ghana. The School Farm Competition of the Year Competition was launched by the Blue Skies Foundation in 2015 as a way of encouraging more young people […]
Northampton University Students pitch their ideas to Blue Skies
Six groups of students pitched their ideas to a panel of judges for potential future products for Blue Skies. The event, called the FBL (Faculty of Business and Law) Challenge was devised by the University of Northampton in partnership with Blue Skies. Representing Blue Skies were Group Technical Manager, Stephan […]
Blue Skies partners University of Northampton to find the Future of Fruit
Students from the University of Northampton’s Faculty for Business and Law (FBL) are to pitch their ideas for products that could help a locally based fruit business meet the needs of the future. The FBL Challenge has been devised by the University in partnership with Northamptonshire based fruit company, Blue […]
2018 School Farm of the Year winners revealed
Blue Skies have awarded winners of the 2018 School Farm of the Year during a ceremony at the GNAT Hall in Koforidua, Ghana on the 30th of November. Over 600 students attended the ceremony representing sixty schools who participated in this year’s School Farm of the Year Competition, which was […]
South Africa launches ‘Hope for Women’
Hope for women is a spiritual born concept, conceptualized by Sombu Nkosi and Mampho Mokoena of Blue Skies South Africa. Our vision is to give hope and empower women of all ages, through motivational talks held annually in the form of seminars. We held our first annual women empowerment seminar […]
Inspiring the next generation at Kids Country
On 29th of June, Blue Skies exhibited at Kids Country Food and Farming Day at Peterborough Show Ground in the UK. Kids Country attracts over 7,000 pupils aged between 5 and 11 from 69 schools in the East of England. Schools visit to learn about where food comes from and […]
Blue Skies gives pens to schools
Blue Skies Ghana have distributed over 100,000 pens to schools in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The pens were donated on behalf of the UK Charity Pens for Kids. Foundation Manager Alistair Djimatey is pictured below distributing pens to two local schools. You can find out more about Pens for […]