Tue, Dec 7 2010 11:39 | Permalink

Welcome to

San Jose Partners

Above: Community members doing voluntary labor to prepare the ground for a clinic

We are a sustainable community development project out of the University of Rochester Department of Family Medicine and we are glad you have found us!

As you peruse our site, if you are as excited by our work as we are, please consider supporting us financially. In this gift-giving season, we encourage you to explore our alternative gift shop: Gifts of Health. Your purchase will make a difference in San Jose and you'll receive a card of recognition to give to the state-side "recipient."

Shop the Gifts of Health Alternative Gift Shop now...

http://www.sanjosepartners.org/whatyoucando/GiftsofHealth/

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SJP Welcomes the Future

Fri, Aug 20 2010 10:55 | Permalink

San Jose Partners is pleased to welcome the Class of 2014 to the University of Rochester School of Medicine!

As you find your place at URSMD, we hope you will explore and become involved with San Jose Partners.

In a nutshell, we offer:

- Your avenue into applied global health at URSMD!

- Direct access to the longitudinal public health projects in San Jose, Honduras (water access, water filtration, latrines, cookstoves, microfinance, etc.)

- Direct access to our educational programs (scholarships, curriculum development)

- Web design/maintenance opportunities

- Fundraising opportunities

- The chance to be as much of a leader, a mover and a shaker as you would like

For a better understanding of what we (you!) do, please peruse our website.

- "Who We Are --> The Basics" for a general overview

- "What We Do --> Interventions --> pick one" for details on our various projects

- "What We Do --> Trip Reports" for a description of how our work transpires during a brigade

And of course, please contact us at sanjosepartners@gmail.com with any and all questions.

Welcome!

-Matt and the SJP Team

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The Spring Brigade Returns

Tue, Jun 22 2010 01:47 | Permalink

The most recent trip to San Jose has recently returned, which means a few new items will be appearing on the site:

- The trip report summarizing all the activities of the brigade will soon appear under "What We Do --> Trip Reports"

- Brigade members are encouraged to share photos on the password-protected album site

As always, we welcome questions and inquiries about our work. Please don't hesitate to contact us at sanjosepartners@gmail.com

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San Jose Partners goes to Yale

Sat, Apr 24 2010 02:44 | Permalink

Where: Unite for Sight Global Health and Innovation Conference at Yale University

What: Research poster presented: "Malek M, Stockman D. Effects Of Community Health Worker Follow-Up On Compliance With In-Home Ceramic Water Filters: A Randomized Controlled Trial In Rural Honduras."

Who: SJP member Matt Malek

When: April 17, 2010

Why: To share the knowledge gained through San Jose Partners' research

We look forward to continuing to combine top-quality research with grassroots, sustainable community development. Please explore our site to find out more about what we do...

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'Tis the Season!

Thu, Dec 10 2009 10:33 | Permalink

Latrine with a view?

That’s what my mother wants for Christmas

This holiday season, please consider giving a gift from our alternative gift shop: Gifts of Health. Your gift will make a difference in San Jose and you'll receive a card of recognition to give to the state-side "recipient."

Shop the Gifts of Health Alternative Gift Shop now...

http://www.sanjosepartners.org/whatyoucando/GiftsofHealth/

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Website Updates!

Wed, Nov 11 2009 05:07 | Permalink

The recent weeks have brought several upgrades to our website:

- Expanded explanations of our interventions.

http://sanjosepartners.org/whatwedo/interventions/

- A more complete description of our history and purpose.

http://sanjosepartners.org/whoweare/background/

- Streamlined ways to donate.

http://sanjosepartners.org/donate/

We hope you'll find the new material interesting and useful.

-The SJP Team

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Thanks to The Highlands at Pittsford for hosting San Jose Partners

Thu, Sep 17 2009 12:41 | Permalink

To all those at The Highlands,

We wish to extend you our warmest thanks for kindly hosting us on your campus. We always enjoy the opportunity to share our stories and we hope that we were able to challenge and inspire. Together we can continue achieving worthy things.

Please take a minute to explore our website. You will find information on our projects, links to related publications, opportunities for creative giving, and archived stories and pictures from Matt's experience.

If you would like to contact Matt (the medical student who spoke with you) directly, please feel free to email him at mateo.malek@gmail.com.

Thanks again, and welcome to San Jose Partners!

-The SJP Team

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Rochester Medicine Article: A Year in Honduras

Fri, Jul 31 2009 03:34 | In the News | Permalink

A medical student learns about healing while he works on the basic needs of water, nutrition and education for the people of San José

Since July 2008, third-year medical student Matthew Malek, 25, has spent his year-out in the rural village of San José, a community of approximately 300 households situated in the rugged western mountains of Honduras. Electricity services only 6 percent of the houses, and about 80 percent of the houses lack piped water. Nobody has a flush toilet; about half don’t even have a latrine. Getting to the nearest Internet connection requires a walk of from one to three hours. Matt has been living alone in the adobe community building in San José, working in the dual capacity of researcher and community health volunteer.

Full Article

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