Kumi, Uganda
She was twelve when she heard the call.At eighty, she has started again.
Over three decades in China, Sandra King opened three orphanages and rescued 670 children. Now she is in eastern Uganda, working to build a home for children with nowhere else to go.
The journey
One calling, two continents
A film watched at twelve in Nelson. Thirty years in China. And today, a red dirt road in Uganda.
- NelsonA calling at 12
- China30 years · 670 children
- UgandaToday, at 80
In her own words
Hear it from Sandra
Sandra tells her story, from the calling she felt as a girl to the work she is doing now.
The latest letter · 17 October 2026
The latest letter: October 2026
“Thank God you’re here, I’ve been waiting for you!”Read Sandra’s October 2026 letter
Today
Where Sandra is now
Sandra is based around Kumi in eastern Uganda, working under the name A Kiwi’s House of Aroha. Aroha is the Māori word for love. The children’s home isn’t open yet: she is working through land, water and a building, one step at a time, and writing it all down each month.
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Every letter ends with what Sandra is asking prayer for.
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Gifts go towards the children’s home and the work in Uganda.
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There’s a place for practical skills, administration, or simply a willing heart.
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In her own words
The China Trilogy
Sandra’s own account of thirty years: the calling, the orphanages, and the children who grew up and found families around the world.
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