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Accept International

Headquarters address
Organization's name:	Accept International
Organization's acronym:	AI
Former Name(s):	Japan Somali Youth Organization
Address:	Dormir 1A 5-2-3 South Azabu Minato-ku Tokyo, 106-0047 Japan
Phone:	81-3-6823-0865
Fax:	-
Email:	info@accept-int.org
Web site:	https://www.accept-international.org/top
Organization type:	Non-governmental organization
Languages:	Japanese

Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Crime Prevention Criminal Justice Peace and Security Violence Youth Peace and Development in Africa: Peace in Africa Conflict Resolution in Africa: Conflicts Resolution
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Indonesia Kenya Japan Somalia
Millennium Development Goals:	Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Mission statement:	‘Accept’ rather than ‘Exclude’. Under this principle, Accept International takes action to eradicate terrorism and resolve conflicts worldwide. In today’s world, violent extremism has continued to persist, with certain conflicts seeing little to no progress towards ending. This ongoing issue has been caused by mistakes in extremism-related global governance, where current methods of counter-extremism, including violent military actions, such as air strikes, and corrective measures for example a one-sided religious re-education, have shown little promise in establishing sustainable solutions. As a result of these methods, there is often little change, or even a worsening in de-radicalization and reintegration of people formerly involved with extremist groups. What is more concerning, because of the intensification of armed conflicts and unending terrorist attacks, hatred and discrimination against extremist members grow in local communities, subsequently discouraging such people to de-radicalize and reintegrate back into society. Thus, we do not see any sign of decrease, but rather an increase of people joining violent extremist organizations, only to enhance their influence. In order to overcome such issues, we implement operations that provide and create a path to prevent radicalization, de-radicalization, and proactive reintegration for people associated with violent extremism, as well as individuals that are vulnerable to be such extremists, namely gang members. Furthermore, by creating an environment where communities accept such individuals, terrorists and gang members can de-radicalize and be reintegrated, eventually seeing diminishment of them joining violent organizations. Our organization targets such individuals as a result of the efforts done by international society. Much to their efforts, aid and compassion has been seen against children, women, and refugees. However, it is the people who get shut out from such trends that cause terrorist actions. As such individuals are of urgent concern, even though they are barely looked upon, and the key to solve violent extremism, we target them. Absolutely no one is born a terrorist, and we have learned from history that armed forces alone do not help end extremism.
Year established (YYYY):	2017
Year of registration (YYYY):	2017
Organizational structure:	Accept International is a non-governmental organization based in Japan, operating in Somalia, Kenya, and Indonesia. The organization consists of 4 departments. 1. Overseas Projects(Somalia, Kenya, Indonesia, General Affairs of Overseas Projects) 2. Domestic Projects (Social Re-integration, Rehabilitation Protection Support) 3. Fundraising and Public Relations (Media, Sales, Management) 4. Administration (Personnel Planning, General Affairs and Planning) In the Department of Overseas Projects, local staffs have been hired in each of the operating countries. There is a department manager in each department, with the CEO, Yosuke Nagai, as the lead manager in the organization.
Number and type of members:	The managers in each of the 4 departments are paid staffs, as well as the local staffs in the operating countries. Furthermore, there are 3 part-time staffs, approximately 30 interns, and 20 pro-bono members to contribute to our activities.
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Fundraising campaigns Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations Product sales and business services Donations and grants from domestic sources

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