3p’s skill development session held on 24th October at the Govt. High school, Sadashivnahar, Hubli – Topic: The 3 Pillars for once holistic growth Overview: In today’s session, we discussed the three key pillars of life: Health, Education, and Career. Students reflected on how each contributes to their overall well-being and future success—health for strength, education for knowledge, and career for purpose and stability.The importance of maintaining balance among all three and avoiding shortcuts, laziness, or choosing the easy path, especially in education. True success comes from consistent effort and commitment. Finally, students were reminded to value the support they receive from family, society, and the government as a precious opportunity—not to be wasted, but used wisely to build a better future.The children were introduced to the iINVENT ME Paid internship program and were encouraged to apply to this program to qualify themselves for grants and scholarships by visiting - https://iinventme.org/paid-internship/

3p’s skill development session held on 23rd October at Sneha Open Shelter Home for girls, a DCPUD unit – Topic – Importance of education Overview – In today’s session, the importance of education was discussed with the students on how it would help them in their personal and professional pursuits. It was also of concern to them that to have a better professional life, they need to complete 16 years of education at least till a degree.

 3p’s skill development session held on 23rd October at Observation Home for Boys – Topic – Steps to find a solution to a problem In today’s session, the 3 steps to find a solution to a problem were discussed as stated below –

1. Have a taught process of permanently fixing the problem.
2. Root cause analysis – understanding where the problem has started and the cause.
3. Action plan – start working towards a solution that will fix the problem permanently, and seek help from people who can assist.
4. Choose the solution that will fix the problem permanently.
5. Documentation for future references – Write down the Root cause of the problem and the solution applied that has fixed to problem permanently

 3p’s skill development online session held on 20th October for AMITSU Children's home foundation, Srilanka - Topic – Tips for effective learning Overview – In today’s session, we discussed with students the importance of developing habits and mindsets that help them learn effectively and retain what they learn. The focus was on understanding how learning happens best – 1. Discipline forms the foundation of effective learning. It includes: Showing up on timeBeing punctual helps students start their day with structure and focus. Valuing and respecting time (yours and others’). Time is a valuable resource; using it wisely ensures better learning outcomes. Being organizedKeeping study materials, notes, and schedules in order, helps reduce stress and improve focus. 2. Concentration – Make sure that you are concentrating/paying attention when you are learning. We need to listen and observe with concentration, which will enable us to understand concepts/make the learning process effective.   3. Ask Questions – Clarify Your Doubts. Never be afraid to ask questions! If you don’t understand something, ask. Clearing doubts immediately helps avoid confusion later. 4. Take Notes – For Remembrance, notes help you revise and remember what you’ve learned.Maintain a notebook specifically for learning.Write down key points from lessons.Add your own understanding or summary below each point.Make your notes clear, neat, and include examples for better recall. 5. Practise Keep referring to your notes regularlyApply what you’ve learned in real life – it makes learning meaningful. Practice repeatedly until you’re 100% confidentRevise often to avoid forgetting. Assignment – In the next session, each student is to share the reason/importance of learning and communicating in English (each student to share a minimum of 3 points, and update the CLICS before that.

Minutes – Interns Weekly Status Meeting Attendees: Gerard I India CLICS (#7)– Razia, Rupali, Soumya, Megha, Laxhmi, Danish, Vinayak I SLCICS (#6) – Ayodya, Nadeema, Sulakshana, Nishadi, Nehara, Nethmi, Date: 24th October 2025 #1.Attendance #13 – #2.3p skill session –
Topic – 3 Steps to Find a Solution to a Problem Overview – The three key steps one needs to keep in mind while finding a solution to a problem—whether personal, academic, or work-related—are as follows:

1. Root Cause Analysis – Identify where the problem began and understand what caused it.
2. Action Plan – Explore various possible solutions and seek help or input from others if needed.
3. Documentation – Record the root cause and the solution implemented so it can be referred to in the future for similar issues, ensuring continuous improvement.

#3.Plan/Next Steps – 1. Quarterly event held on 9th Oct – The interns to write a summary of their understanding from the session by 31st Oct @ https://iinventme.org/internship 2. The interns are requested to conduct sessions in line with their projects that can be broadcast live; they can work with Gerard on their schedule. 3. The interns who want to present their project every month should let Gerard know during this meeting (the week prior) so that the session can be set up, and the scores will be included in the evaluation for this project. On 30th Oct at 7:30 pm IST, Sulakshana and team will be presenting their gardening project, will need to send their PPT by this Sunday for review. 4. Project update – Interns to update the AIMS section of their CLICS by Monday with the numbers and facts backed with pictures by creating specific links using Google Drive links. On Tuesday, come prepared to present their project in English. 5. For those who could not join today’s session, you may visit https://iinventme.org/internship and in the AIMS section, you may review this session and reply with your learning, questions, and ideas. 6. Interns take down notes during the session while the topic is being discussed in line with the 3P skill program and post updates to their CLICS with the learnings, questions and any suggestions. 7. The interns are requested to enable their community members to join the internship program, and the scores will be added to the internship evaluation. #4. Issues/AOI

1. Aishath, who was supposed to present her project last week on Friday, did not show up.
2. The interns are not completing their assignments.
3. The project updates need to come through with the requested details.
4. The AIMS posts are pending approval for the Children’s home for boys, and Aishath–Gerard will follow up with his team

#3 Steps to find a solution to a problem

Watch/Listen: 3p’s skill development session held on 19th Oct for AMITSU children's home, Srilanka unit, by clicking here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EicIHr6noUs Topic - The importance of learning technical skills(computers) Overview - During the session today, the importance of learning technical skills(computers) was discussed with the children as to how to would help them in their education, career pursuits/opportunities, and serve as an essential life skill in today’s world. Assignment - Students, before the next class to update the CLICS by writing an essay of 20-30 lines on the importance of learning computers.

Watch/Listen: 3p’s skill development session held on 17th Oct @ State home for women and child Development, Dept. Karnataka, a DCPUD unit, by clicking here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZTvnM86iGc Topic – Importance of health and education – Overview – This session was conducted by Mr Viveknanad from MCKS Food for the Hungry Foundation. During this session, he covered the below –

• Importance of education and how it will help them in their holistic growth. He also emphasised that every child must complete their education, at least up to the degree level, so that they may have a stable future.
• It was also mentioned to them that they should avoid shortcuts, laziness, or choosing the easy path, especially in education and career pursuits, as true success comes from consistent effort and commitment and what they receive for free that will support you in your health, education, and career pursuits, be it from your parents, government etc to be considered them as an opportunity and make the best use of them to grow holistically, and please do not waste them.
• It was also emphasised that our lives are highly dependent on our health; if we have good health, we will be able to study/work better, and also enjoy and be happy in our lives.
• He also taught a few physical exercises and meditation that the students need to do on a day-to-day basis to develop concentration skills.

Watch/Listen: 3p’s skill development session held on 18th Oct @ Sneha open shelter home for girls, a DCPUD unit, by clicking here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XkZqmiC7rU Topic – Importance of health and education – Overview – This session was conducted by Mr Viveknanad from MCKS Food for the Hungry Foundation. During this session, he covered the below – Importance of education and how it will help them in their holistic growth. He also emphasised that every child must complete their education, at least up to the degree level, so that they may have a stable future.It was also mentioned to them that they should avoid shortcuts, laziness, or choosing the easy path, especially in education and career pursuits, as true success comes from consistent effort and commitment and what they receive for free that will support you in your health, education, and career pursuits, be it from your parents, government etc to be considered them as an opportunity and make the best use of them to grow holistically, and please do not waste them.It was also emphasised that our lives are highly dependent on our health; if we have good health, we will be able to study/work better, and also enjoy and be happy in our lives.He also taught a few physical exercises and meditation that the students need to do on a day-to-day basis to develop concentration skills. We thank MCKS for donating 15 notebooks to the inmates of Sneha Open Shelter Home for girls.