Lucinda Evans
Lucinda Evans (born 1972) is a South African women's rights activist. She is known for having led nationwide marches and was one of the speakers at the "#AmINext" protest outside South Africa's parliament calling for government action against gender-based violence and femicide. Early years. Evans was born in District Six, Cape Town, and moved to Lavender Hill when she was five years old. At age nine, she decided to work in community development, and began working for Red Cross Hospital in the early years of her life. She is known to have also done some  community work in KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and Beaufort West, where she played a pivotal role in opening the first ambulance service. Evans was formerly the cluster chairperson of the Mitchells Plain Community Policing Forum. Philanthropy. In 2008, Evans founded a non-profit organisation called Philisa Abafazi Bethu which translated from Xhosa means "healing our women." The organisation, which is based in Lavender Hill, supports women who are victims of domestic violence. She started gaining recognition for her work in 2012 and that was when she received funding from the World Childhood Foundation. In 2017, through her organisation, she assisted  the family of the murdered 13-year-old Rene Roman, by providing them with emotional support and helping them in searching for their daughter.