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THE JEHAI

Who
The Jehai are 1 of the 6 distinct groups of Orang Asli ( a heterogeneous group of indigenous people) found in the South of Peninsular Malaysia. Their population is estimated to be 1350 people. They live in Ulu Perak and West Kelantan in five major hunter gatherer groups.

Lifestyle
The Jehais are largely nomadic hunter gatherers, but many are beginning to settle into a semi-nomadic lifestyle with agriculture playing an increasing role. They speak Jehai, an Austro-Asian language and come under the leadership of a chief known as a penghulu. Traditionally, Jehai are ancestor worshippers and animists.

Bringing Community Development to the semi-nomadic Jehai
Until recently, the Jehai had the highest mortality rate among all the ethnic groups of Peninsula Malaysia. As hunting-gathering is no longer sufficient to provide adequate food supplies, agricultural skills and fishing skills have to be quickly taught to the Jehai. Even as the Jehai shift to a semi-nomadic mode, they also have to learn to properly dispose of human waste, as well as boiling drinking water in order to maintain environmental sanitation, avoiding worms and gastroenteritis. Regular medical care and health promotion is important in their efforts of lowering mortality.

Bringing the Gospel
Untill 2000, there were no known Christians among the Jehai. However, initial contact by mission teams with a semi-nomadic soon enabled further contact with other groups. By December 2000, both major groups each headed by a penghulu (chief) were in regular contact with mission teams. By 2001, 86 adult Jehai men and women had accepted Jesus as their personal saviour and had been water-baptised, including both the chiefs in the Temenggor Forest area. By 2006, 190 adult Jehai men and women have been water-baptised and four local churches have been established among the Jehai of the Temenggor Forest. About 420 Jehai men, women and children belong to Christian families. Three Christian workers minister to them. The long term aim is to establish a growing indigenous Jehai church that is able to be self-propagating and self-supporting.

Meeting hall	Orang asli Kids	Overview of the village	Overview of the village
Setting up the fishing net	Setting up the fishing net	The Penghulu (Head of the village)	Snack time
Listening to testimonies	Cuzario hanging out with the youth

Profile:
ESDA (MERCY) SERVICES, was established on the 1st of January as a non-profitable organization providing services to people with need and irrespective of race and religion. Since 1st February 2002, ESDA had officially registered with the Registrar of Societies and now is called Persatuan Perkhidmatan Komuniti Taiping (PPKT).  Currently PPKT are managed by a Board of Management.

PPKT’s vision is EMPOWERMENT TOWARDS DIGNITY AND JUSTICE and its mission is to reach out to, develop and empower the poor and needy irrespective of race or religion and provide holistic care in terms of spiritual, physical, mental, emotional and social needs.

Present Services:
1. Services for people with disabilities;
2. Services for people with mental health problems;
3. Services for senior citizens;
4. Services for the poor;
5. Information,