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Team "Amos" wins national final of SIR in Japan

The National Final of Social Innovation Relay in Japan took place on 17 February. The winning team "Amos" will represent Japan at the SIR Global Online Final organised by JA Europe on June 29, 2019. The student social enterprise project wants to solve the problem of lonely death in Japan with an application that takes advantage of AI. Elderly isolation being a very important issue in Japan.

Message from the winning team ‘AMOS’:

“We are very pleased to have won the national final of the Social Innovation Relay 2019! Thank you for choosing our team ‘AMOS’. When our team name was called out in the result announcement, we wondered if we were not dreaming. There are no words to express how grateful we are.”

“We have been discussing our business idea for a long time. While we were working on the idea, we realized that the solution would be difficult to achieve. But we did not stop thinking about better ideas. The guidance of the NN mentor, who gave us essential advice at all times, was a big support for us.”

“We appreciate from the bottom of our hearts that many people have supported us during the national final. We will now focus on preparing our presentation for the Global final organized by JA Europe and we'll do our best to represent our country and achieve good results.”