[Important] Japanese Insect Repellent Culture Can Save the World! Two Announcements from NPO S.O.L. (Seed of Lanka)

[Thank You for Your Support of Our Crowdfunding Campaign] Thanks to your generous support for the "Newborn Room AMIDO Project," we conducted activities in Sri Lanka last month (February 2026). For a report on our activities, please refer to our previous article. This project is ongoing, and we will continue to contribute to the installation of AMIDO (mosquito nets) in hospitals in Sri Lanka and its promotion within the community. Once again, we express our deepest gratitude to everyone who has supported this project. We kindly ask for your continued warm support and interest.

Announcement 1 ["Shacho Juku" Held at Sapporo 4-Plaza Park; NPO S.O.L. Chairperson (Oshita) to Speak] The "Advanced Management Research Group," organized by Professor Hideyuki Sugawara of the Faculty of Business Administration, Hokkai Gakuen University. Our chairperson will give a lecture and conduct a coaching session at this group's "Shacho Juku" (Presidents' Academy). Students from Professor Sugawara's seminar at Hokkai Gakuen University will also participate. The joint coaching and circuit training sessions for working professionals and students are well-received for making participants "sweat from their brains.".

In the lecture portion, our organization's chairperson, Atsuko Oshita, will speak. She will touch upon basic information and culture of Sri Lanka and discuss the international contribution project, "AMIDO Project." A report on the "Newborn Room AMIDO Project" conducted in Sri Lanka in February will also be presented.

This Shiba Inu illustration (by Yuki Hirose) represents a "certain culture" in Sri Lanka. Details will be shared during the lecture.

Lecture Theme: "What Kind of Country is Sri Lanka? Why I'm Spreading AMIDO Here" Date & Time: Thursday, April 2, 2026, from 7:00 PM Venue: Sapporo 4-Chome Place, 3rd Floor, 4-Plaza Park Address: 4-1-1 Minami Ichijo Nishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo This is a membership-based group, but anyone can attend by contacting us. For participation inquiries, please contact NPO S.O.L. at [email protected]

Announcement 2 [S.O.L.'s Dream Featured on Dream Train!] From April 1 to April 15, 2026, a cherry blossom-themed wrapped train will run on the Yamanote Line. This is part of the April Dream event organized by PR TIMES.

April Dream is a project launched by PR TIMES in 2020 with the concept of "Let's create a future full of dreams by sharing dreams, not lies, on April 1st.".

NPO S.O.L.'s dream will also participate in this event and be featured on the train's signage. It will be displayed on the middle screen of the three-panel signage, located above the windows between doors, indicated as ④ in the diagram below. Diagram showing signage placement on the train.