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
Link To Document :
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