Yakeba was established by Bob Monkhouse to provide help for Balinese with problems with alcohol, drugs or HIV/AIDS.
Timeline
1974 – Bob arrives in Indonesia.
1982 – Bob settles in Bali.
1998 – Bob starts attending AA meetings in Ubud.
End of 1998 – First AA meeting in Bahasa Indonesia.
Mar 15, 2004 – Funding from YKIP.
2005 – Yakeba programmes reach 8,329 school children.
2006 – 1,137 community members attend Yakeba events.
2006 – Programme for village youth groups.
2006 – Peer education training curriculum.
Jun 11, 2008 – Yakeba given UN Red Ribbon Award.
November 8, 2009 – The Founder of Yakeba Bob Monkhouse was pass away because of heart attack.
January 2010 – The Board of Yakeba was choose a new Director. His name is I Made Adi Mantara, he was one of cadre of Yakeba
March 6, 2010 – One of key people in Yakeba was pass away. His name is I Gusti Ngr Wahyunda, he died because of gastrointestinal infection.