Lucia Raadschelders is a Dutch citizen. In 1979, after experiencing very deep sympathy for the oppressed people of South Africa, she decided to offer her services and work for any anti-apartheid organisation, in her bit to contribute towards fighting against racial segregation. In 1983, Lucia migrated from Holland to join one of the solidarity movements that fought apartheid and had branches in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Namibia.