The MEALenium Project Co-Presidents 2025

Dana Chua
Co-President

Karys Lim
Co-President

The MEALenium Project Background:

It was founded by two teenagers in year 2015.  Philip Sebastian Belmonte and Joshua Emmanuel Tan, both high school students, felt the need to create a program that could continue providing meals for undernourished kids in the community year-round.

The work started by Belmonte and Tan continues in Payatas. In 2025, The MEALenium Project is led by co-presidents Dana Chua and Karys Lim.

The MEALenium Project works closely with the Payatas Orion Foundation and Fr. John S. Castillo, a St. Benedict Parish priest and a committed advocate for the Payatas children. Together, they ensure that the neediest children in the community receive the nourishment and support that all children deserve.

In photo: Erin Dominique Chua (second row from left) – Scholarship Program Chair and Joshua Emmanuel Tan (first person on right)- Co-Founder of The MEALenium Project with The MEALenium Project scholars for SY 2018-2019

In photo: Alexa Isabella Kahn, Feeding Program Chair with the feeding program beneficiaries for 2016-2017.

Isaac Theodore Siy, Dr. Lots Doligon, Joshua Emmanuel Tan, Philip Sebastian Belmonte and Erin Dominique Chua at 2016 Anti-Dengue Seminar sponsored by The MEALenium Project.

In photo: Last row, Philip Sebastian Belmonte with the children beneficiaries of the study hall and tutorial center.

The MEALenium Project community