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/

SJP Welcomes the Future

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

The Spring Brigade Returns

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

San Jose Partners goes to Yale

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...

'Tis the Season!

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/

Website Updates!

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

Thanks to The Highlands at Pittsford for hosting San Jose Partners

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