Sandy Clark is a volunteer, public speaker, and a freelance journalist since the mid 70’s.
Sandy and her husband came to Airlie Beach on holidays from Adelaide in 2011. They loved the Whitsundays so much that they bought a home here whilst on holidays, with the eventual plan being to retire in the tropics.
Volunteering for vulnerable people has been her greatest passion for the past fifteen years. She has worked with addicts at Teen Challenge and on the streets, vulnerable Zambian birthing mothers, and recently homeless 55 plus women in the Whitsundays to build them tiny homes, with charity Whitsunday Housing Co. Ltd.
Sandy started writing books in 2014. She self-published her first memoir My Love Affair with Zambia in 2015. Proceeds from the sale of her first book were donated to build a small maternity hospital in a northwest Zambian township with no running water, power or roads. From this, the Dignity Zambia charity was formed and undertook major fundraising to bring the hospital to life.
Her second memoir will be launched in 2025. Anyone Can Become a Princess is about volunteering and a special promise she gave to a Zambian chief.
Available during the Festival
Purchase a copy of Sandy’s My Love Affair with Zambia during the Festival and enter the chance to win an African artefact.