• DocumentCode
    240434
  • Title

    eSoulKitchen program — Enhancing societal wellbeing and wealth creation for Orang Asli Community at Pos Selim, Perak

  • Author

    Ahmad Dahlan, Abdul Rahman ; Ibrahim, Jamaludin ; Binti Zakaria, Noor Sakinah Aniza ; Binti Ishak, Iryani ; Binti Rahim, Nur Nazihah ; Binti Abd Malek, Nur Azrin

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Inf. Syst., Int. Islamic Univ. Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    17-18 Nov. 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    The ethnic label Orang Asli or indigenous people are `natural people´ with unique languages, knowledge systems and beliefs. In 2012, their population is approximately 178,197 or representing a mere 0.9% of 29.7 million people in Malaysia There are major challenges and issues faced by Orange Asli including in financial, health & nutrition, and education dimensions. This conceptual paper proposes the eSoulKitchen Program, which is to be adapted as one of the Malaysian government-sponsored programs under the leadership of Orang Asli Affairs Department (JAKOA) and the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development (MWFCD), and implemented as a proof-of-concept in raising the education, economy, health, environmental, and social well-being of Orang Asli community and children in Pos Selim, Perak, Malaysia. eSoulKitchen is primarily an outreach program to (a) provide nutritional food, (b) `feed the soul´ with Islamic value, and (c) help generating sustainable new sources of income with new skills, eSoulKitchen Portal and smart partnership.
  • Keywords
    knowledge based systems; social sciences computing; Islamic value; JAKOA; MWFCD; Malaysia; Orang Asli affairs department; Orang Asli community; Perak; Pos Selim; eSoulKitchen portal; eSoulKitchen program; education dimensions; ethnic label; financial dimensions; health dimensions; indigenous people; knowledge systems; ministry of women family and community development; nutrition dimensions; outreach program; smart partnership; societal wellbeing; sustainable new income sources; wealth creation; Communities; Education; Government; Pediatrics; Portals; Business Model Canvas; Malaysia; Orang Asli; Portal; Quadruple Helix Model; Societal Wellbeing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information and Communication Technology for The Muslim World (ICT4M), 2014 The 5th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Kuching
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICT4M.2014.7020634
  • Filename
    7020634