For the most part, runners are a conscientious bunch. Take Dave Spandorfer and Mike Burnstein, for example. They’re the founders of Janji, a running apparel company that uses a portion of its profits to help with food and water crises all over the world.

The technical running gear is split into regional themes, all of which contribute to the countries printed on the gear. For instance,  each piece of Haiti apparel provides 8 packets of a peanut butter-based nutritional supplement to a child in Haiti called Medika Mamba (Haitian Creole for ‘peanut butter medicine”).

Think about that for a second. You are actually putting food in a child’s mouth when you buy running gear. That’s hard to argue with.

The designs are all inspired by its thematic country, whether its a llama on the Peru short-sleeve tee (3 months of clean water to a person in Peru), or a woven basket design for the Rwanda tee (3 days of treatment for a malnourished child in Rwanda). The help doesn’t just go overseas, either: money from the Janji logo apparel goes towards feeding the hungry in the US through the Greater Boston Food Bank.

The poly-spandex blend actually feels a lot softer than most technical fabrics; I thought it was cotton when I first pulled my Haiti Flag longsleeve from its box. The shirts’ fit is spot-on for an athletic build - wider around the shoulders and tapering to the waist, but you may want to size up with the Haiti shorts if you’ve do a lot of squats, because they’re a slimmer cut.

You’re going to be buying running gear anyway; you might as well make sure that money is going to help out some people while you’re at it. Go give them a look over at runjanji.com.

You might even want to buy a shirt for your favorite writer.

Just saying.