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Leather craft making workshop, Saudi Arabia

SIA’s first international training contract: a five-day leather craft making workshop in Riyadh for 25 Saudi men and women, for Arweqah Alreyadah Company (August 2026).

With
Arweqah Alreyadah Company, Riyadh
When
August 2026
Where
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Status
Completed
Now in
Academy › Training for Organisations
A craftsman works on leather at SIA’s leather craft workshop in Riyadh, 2026

Results

Impact created

  • 25 Saudi trainees
  • 5 product lines
  • 5 days in-person training

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About the programme

In August 2026 SIA won its first international training contract, from Arweqah Alreyadah Company in Riyadh: a five-day, in-person vocational programme qualifying 25 Saudi men and women in leather craft making.

Trainees work in five groups. Each group masters one approved product line, decorated with heat-pressed Najdi motifs or traditional Asiri embroidery.

Delivered end to end by SIA

  • Curriculum design
  • A master trainer and assistants
  • Materials and the tooling specification
  • Five finished product samples
  • A final report

Training for Organisations

SIA designs and delivers training for organisations, in Pakistan and now abroad.

Results

What we can share

25 trainees · 5 product lines · SIA’s first delivery outside Pakistan.

Transparency

How SIA reports results

Every figure SIA publishes has a definition, a source and an "as of" date, and the same number appears on every page, proposal and report. A figure without an agreed definition is not published until it has one.

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