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.
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