Project Saysay Inc. is a registered non-government youth organization with a vision to actively champion the popularization and visualization of Philippine history since 2013. Its mission is to propagate relevant, useful, and inspiring information—in print and online—sourced from Philippine history.
Left: Erika Jeana Cariño possing with a Project Saysay poster atop the UNESCO World Heritage Site-inscribed payos (rice terraces) of Mayoyao, Ifugao. Photo courtesy of Engr. Gil Cruz, Jr.
Right: Illustration of progressive youth leader Lean Alejandro and of democracy champion Jose W. Diokno by Billy Marciano.
Distribute quality posters to Philippine schools for free, here and abroad.*
* pSaysay targets to distribute 21,000 posters by 31 December 2021, a commitment to “R3ACH Anyone in 2021 Vision” of the TOSP Region 3 Alumni Community of Heroes.
Left: A boy from Mayoyao, Ifugao posing with a Project Saysay poster.
Right: A young participant of a volunteer's day and workshop at Museo Valenzuela in February 2017. Photo taken by Mikaela Burbano.
Generate sensible and accurate online materials that are shareable and attune to the needs of the time.
One of the featured plates online of Project Saysay in 2015. Artwork by Macquel John Felerino.
Create platforms to express creativity and academic exchanges related to history and culture.
Create platforms to express creativity and academic exchanges related to history and culture.
Left: Customized bamboo canister use by Project Saysay as certificate holder. Manufactured by Hibla Sanghabi specialy for Project Saysay.
Right: A workshop in writing on Philippine native script in August 2016. Photo taken by Jest Romanillos.
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Read Ian Christopher B. Alfonso's “Visualizing Philippine History: The Case of Project Saysay,” Historical Bulletin 53 (2019): 43-72 HERE