JCI PhilippinesVisayas Area

Programmes

Twenty-two national programmes, carried to the grassroots.

Every national programme of JCI Philippines is assigned an Area Chairperson in the Visayas, whose job is to launch it here and support the local organizations running it. In 2026 the Area completed 21 of 22 Area Launchings.

Children writing their Dear Future Me letters at the Bags of Hope area launching

Bags of Hope

200 children in Northern Samar

Project BAGETS Year 2 at Cularima Elementary School, sealed with a Memorandum of Agreement so the support does not end when the launch concludes.

Badjao mothers learning soap manufacturing at Bohe Maka Sannang in Mambaling, Cebu City

JCI Rise

Water, wealth, women

Bohe Maka Sannang put a purification plant into a Badjao community in Mambaling, serving 565 families and anchoring an enterprise run by twenty mothers.

Student leaders and JCI members at the YLEA 2026 area launch in Iloilo City

YLEA

1,411 medals awarded

Ang Batang Lider launched in Iloilo and reached 29 local organizations, with one Area launch and two regional launches.

JCI Cebu and JCI Japan members at the Nano Nagle Learning Center
JCI Cebu and JCI Japan at the Nano Nagle Learning Center, Mambaling — an eleven-chapter alliance across four nations.

Area Chairpersons

The 2026 Area Directors and Chairpersons of JCI Philippines Visayas Area.

National programmeArea ChairpersonLocal Organization

Conferences

ConferenceChairpersonLocal Organization
Community work must never be reduced to band-aid solutions. Programmes should not merely address what is visible today; they must create sustainable solutions that continue to benefit communities long after the project ends. Michael Ignacio, 2026 Area Executive Director