Trans Wellness Project 2.48

There are many organisations in South Africa, and Africa at large, that are focused on advocacy and lobbying for the human rights of trans people. There is a need for an organisation that provides psychosocial support to trans people and their significant others. While the founder/director was working for a trans human rights organisation and after left the organisation, she experienced that a lot of trans people were approaching her for psychosocial support. She also notices that before trans people start their medically transitioning process; there is a lot of psychosocial support. Soon after the trans person is on medical treatment or have surgical intervention, the support falls away. Grootte Schuur Hospital is trying to provide this support but due to a lack of personnel and funding, they cannot give enough psychosocial support that trans people need. These were motivational factors that lead to the starting of the organisation. Talks on starting such an organisation started in April 2015 already but papers were only signed in June 2015. The organisation was first named and registered as the Protea Psychosocial Support Project for Transgender People.