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Yayasan Harapan Permata Hati Kita
Addiction Treatment & Recovery Community Center
Villa Pandawa YAKITA
Jl. Ciasin No 21 - RT 01 / RW10
Desa Bendungan, Ciawi, Bogor
Jawa Barat - Indonesia
Tel. (0251) 8243 077 – (0251) 8243 069
Fax (0251) 8243 005

Email Office: yakita@cbn.net.id
Men’s Center: yakita@cbn.net.id
Women’s Center: wisma_srikandi@hotmail.com
Managers of all YAKITA Centers: yakita-managers@yahoogroups.com

Web sites www.yakita.or.id (indonesian) & www.yakita.webs.com (English)

Recovery Centers:

GREATER JAKARTA

Villa Pandawa YAKITA
Jl. Ciasin No 21 - RT 01 / RW10
Desa Bendungan, Ciawi, Bogor
Jawa Barat - Indonesia
Tel. (0251) 243 077 – (0251) 243 069
Fax (0251) 243 005
yakita@cbn.net.id

Other Centers:

Banda Aceh, Lhokseumawe, Bogor, Semarang, Surabaya, Bali, Kupang, Jayapura

Recovery center is open for all nationals. Must at least speak Indonesian. English speaking is accepted in Ciawi center only (1 hour outside Jakarta) 

Office Hours 24 hours a day Days Open 7 days a week.
Hotline Service: 24 hours a day at (0251) 8243 069 or (0251) 8243 077

Membership in Yayasan Kita

Membership is open to men, women and children of all nationalities. No membership fees or dues. You are a member if you say you are a member and have the same concern that we do. Our short name, Yayasan KITA simply means "Our Foundation".

Membership entitles a person to:

  • Become an active member of the community and take part in our activities.
  • Programs (treatment programs) do entail some fee for services.
  • Most activities are held in Bahasa Indonesia and English.

About Yayasan Kita

Yayasan Harapan Permata Hati Kita, Yayasan KITA or YAKITA is a non profit organization that works in the area of addiction treatment and recovery, and have programs that provide training and education in these areas. Founded in 1999, YAKITA addiction treatment and recovery community Center is open for Indonesians and foreigners alike. Our facilitators are Indonesians as well as expatriates with international expertise in counseling, addiction, HIV/AIDS, Sexually transmitted Diseases, Reproductive Health, and related areas.

Our recovery center is the most comprehensive addiction treatment and recovery program available in the country currently using both Indonesian and English in our daily residential programs. Supported by the Ford Foundation as a Center for Excellence, YAKITA is written as a successful intervention, treatment and aftercare program in book published by UNODC (United Nations Office for Drug and Crime) and ESCAP titled “Adolescent Substance Abuse: Risk and Protection” in 2003.

Aside from doing addiction treatment and recovery programs, YAKITA also collaborate with various schools and organizations, to include UNICEF to reach and educate young people regarding drug abuse and HIV/AIDS (EmPOWERed YOUTH), with FHI/USAID to reach out to inmates in prison.

Our services range from:

  • In-house Detoxification (supervised and medically monitored} medicine / medication free, {we use a natural detoxification process)
  • 6 month residential - Basic Recovery Program for males (Wisma Arjuna) - and for females (Wisma Srikandi)
  • 6 month residential - intensive Peer Counseling Training Program {for those who wish to work in the field of drug addiction and recovery}
  • Relapse Center and Program, and Relapse Intervention Program
  • Crisis Intervention (Junkiebuster Program)
  • 24 hours Hotline and Crisis Hotline Service
  • Database and Research Data
  • Addiction & HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis Information, Reference Library and Center
  • Counseling Service for addicts and families of addicts,
  • Parent Aftercare Meetings, and Aftercare for Addicts as well as general community (no fees) Regular Aftercare Meeting are held every Sunday at Villa Pandawa YAKITA, Jl. Ciasin No. 21, Desa Bendungan, Ciawi, Bogor – Jawa Barat. No fees - Open to all.
  • Community based 12 Step Programs of Narcotics Anonymous and NarAnon (available in Ciawi, Makassar and Bali – for info please call. We welcome visiting people in recovery from abroad to share experience, strength and hope with treatment residents). Ciawi is visited weekly by AA group from Jakarta as part of their H & I program)
  • Self support group for PWAs and PLWHAs.
  • Community based self support groups for HIV positive addicts and their families
  • Community based Training and Outreach Program
  • Harm Reduction and Risk Reduction Education Program in prisons (weekly Kerobokan, Bali and Paledang in Bogor)
  • Dissemination of information and education through lectures, workshops, training and seminars - of sharing information at various agencies, such as schools, universities, community organizations or institutions, parents organization, religious organizations, NGOs and government offices, medical and therapeutic facilities, either in collaboration with other individuals or agencies, or through our own outreach efforts (free component)
  • Seminar on site for visitors from schools, communities who wish to learn about the reality of addiction, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C. This service is most often used by schools as part of their studies (free component)

All services are confidential.

Assistance and Service Opportunities with YAKITA:

Programs:

SCHOOL AND TEACHERS’ PROGRAM:

Training and outreach for teachers & schools
For information and training schedule: contact YAKITA at yakita@cbn.net.id or yakita-managers@yahoogroups.com

YOUNG PEOPLE”S PROGRAM

Outreach for school students and out of school young people. Presently founded in Jakarta, Bali, Aceh, Papua, Kupang, Surabaya, and Semarang
Contact: muda-berdaya@yahoogroups.com

PRISON OUTREACH

Weekly meetings in prison to reach out to inmates – Bali and Bogor

Drop in Center to develop soon in Bogor, West Java
yakita-managers@yahoogroups.com

SANDAR (HIV SERVICES)

For counseling, ongoing training and involvement
Basement - Dharmais Hospital, Jakarta
Supported by Ford Foundation, Dharmais Hospital, Yayasan Mitra Inti, YPI, YAKITA, Spiritia and many other organizations as a collaborative effort.
Coordinator: laily@mitrainti.org

Donations

Donations welcomed to assist the needy in Bali, Makassar and Jakarta:

  • Sponsorship Assistance for addicts to recover at YAKITA recovery center (specify area). One addict needs US$300 per month in Bali and Makassar, and US$400 in Jakarta to cover treatment costs (already running)
  • AIDS treatment & care program for addicts and their families who cannot afford medical treatment & care (already running through SANDAR and YAKITA)

Other Welcome Donations

  • Used library and educational reading materials for young people and adults (good condition second hand books, no magazines) to use at the recovery centers
  • Supportive educational printed materials (posters, booklets, bookmarks, brochures) on the prevention and intervention of substance use, abuse, addiction, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C and others for dissemination through our program activities (can be company sponsored – however as a recovery program we must decline donations from alcohol and tobacco companies).

For more information www.yakita.webs.com
Contact yakita-managers@yahoogroups.com

Last updated 2/4/2010

 

 

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