- Peer Support & Accompaniment
Sanad offers community-based support to trans individuals navigating legal and medical systems. This may involve understanding a procedure, preparing documents, or identifying safer, more affirming pathways to care.
We do not provide direct legal or medical services ourselves, and we are not a hotline or counseling line. Instead, we offer sustained, thoughtful accompaniment grounded in peer knowledge, lived experience, and collective care.
Accompaniment at Sanad can include:
- Sharing reliable information in formats tailored to different needs and contexts.
- Referring community members to specialized doctors, NGOs, and experienced peers, where possible.
- Preparing together for legal or medical processes by mapping out questions, steps, expectations, gathering the required documentation, understanding the different procedures at hand and the specialized language used.
- Supporting individuals through common concerns such as documentation barriers, discrimination, or complex legal/medical procedures based on the team’s capacity.
- Supporting individuals through common concerns such as documentation barriers, discrimination, or complex legal/medical procedures based on the team’s capacity.
- Being present, when possible, at a medical or legal appointment for accompaniment if needed.
This work is about presence and preparation. It is about walking alongside each other to make space for confidence, clarity, and care in systems that too often isolate or harm us.
Other important information to note about Sanad and this program:
- Sanad does not provide material support or financial assistance.
- This program is unable to provide immediate support for medical, psychological or legal emergencies.
- We are unable to support on issues that are not related to one’s gender experience/expression (such as general legal or medical issues etc).
- Since this program is rooted in peer-to-peer support, we can only help individuals whose experiences relate to the trans experience.
If you are a trans person looking for legal and/or medical accompaniment within the scope of services mentioned above, please contact us by email on info@sanadthecenter.org or on WhatsApp on this number +961 79 051 019 with a brief description of your situation and what you are trying to secure. Our team regularly reviews these requests and will get back to you within 4 working days maximum.
All data shared with Sanad is treated as confidential and is not released to anyone outside the organization.
