Yayasan Kemanusiaan Ibu Pertiwi (YKIP)

YKIP and the Annika Linden Foundation are concerned about the rise of substance abuse and HIV/AIDS among young people in Bali. There are more than 600,000 young people in Bali aged 15-24 ~ with more than 200,000 still in school. Furthermore, many teenage children in Bali have to cope with anxiety and stress suffered as a result of the aftermath of the Bali bombings. One way of coping is turning to drugs and alcohol. Most young people become infected with the HIV virus due to a lack of awareness, or turn to drugs and alcohol because they are unaware of the potential dangers.

Yakeba Project Staff

Project Coordinator / Moderator

Dayu Rupini

Dayu is a former addict and has been working for Yakeba for several years. She is an activist for the human rights of Injecting Drug Users (IDU) and for the rights of People Living with HIV/AIDS. She is also the secretary of the Women’s Injecting Drug Users Support Group.

Asst. Project Coordinator

Jordan Hartono

Jordan is also a former addict and has been working for Yakeba since early 2008. Jordan is accomplished artist and in his spare time makes post cards, Christmas cards etc.He is also involved in human rights issues.

Ex-Addicts

Ex-addicts play a very important role in any Awareness Presentation. They are young and the students can easily relate to what they are talking about. They have "been there" and are eager to tell others about what it was like, what happened and what it is like now.

Project Consultant

The late Bob Monkhouse was the founder and director of YAKEBA and has supervised Awareness Programs and other Yakeba projects since it began operations in 1999