Transgender Empowerment — Saluni Foundation
خواجہ سرا بااختیاری

Transgender Empowerment — Dignity, Rights, and Livelihood for All

Providing healthcare, legal rights education, and sustainable income support for Pakistan's most marginalised and vulnerable community.

"We have certainly honoured the children of Adam and carried them on land and sea, and provided them with good things. Every human being deserves dignity, protection, and the chance to live with honour."

— Quran 17:70

What We Do

Our Transgender Empowerment program is dedicated to restoring dignity and creating sustainable livelihoods for Pakistan's transgender community — one of the country's most socially excluded and economically vulnerable groups. Despite constitutional protections, transgender individuals face systemic discrimination in healthcare, employment, and housing. We provide free medical checkups, mental health counselling, legal rights workshops, and vocational training specifically tailored to their needs, ensuring they receive the respect, care, and opportunities every citizen deserves.

How It Works

The program operates through safe community centres in four major cities, offering a combination of drop-in clinics, skills training batches, and advocacy support. A typical week includes health screenings, group counselling sessions, and classes in tailoring, makeup artistry, and digital literacy. What makes this initiative transformative is our peer-led model — we employ transgender community members as outreach workers and trainers, creating representation, trust, and sustainable employment within the very community we serve.

500+

Individuals supported

4

Cities with centres

100%

Free services

200+

Jobs created

How We Restore Dignity

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Free healthcare and mental health counselling for transgender individuals

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Legal rights education helping community members claim government protections

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Vocational training in tailoring, makeup, and digital literacy for employment

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Peer-led outreach creating jobs within the transgender community itself

Stand for Equality

Your donation funds safe community centres, skills training, and healthcare for Pakistan's most marginalised citizens.

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