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Best Backpacks For Engineering Students

I find the most best backpacks for engineering and college students. For a preson who new and do not know about the pros and cons of backpacks, and it quality, who must read this post. This post not only help you in information but also provide the most durable and best backpacks. 

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Needed a little munch before calling it a night and @healthyhifibar was just the right thing! Thanks Melanie - got this in my #goodbags from the @growinginjerseycity #wellnessday! #nomnomnom (at The Heights, Jersey City)

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No wonder he's yet to win...

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GoodBags™ at Work During Indian Floods

It seems we spoke too soon.  In our last post we explained that Fairific was discontinuing the Mosquito Net GoodBags™ in India and replacing them with School Supply GoodBags™ because the rains and accompanying mosquitoes were making their seasonal exit.  It marked a natural time to turn our attention to other pressing needs in the area.  But like we said, it seems we spoke too soon.  

Our field partner Dr. Tulsi has been keeping us informed about local conditions.  This morning he reported that the "whole of Varanasi city [is] completely submerged in water due to the heaviest rains I have ever seen," and that neighboring villages were experiencing extreme conditions as well.   "Electricity was gone," he says, "mobiles and computers stopped working, people were deprived of food... for 3-4 days and all communication systems including roads, railway tracks, and airports were also full of water.  Everything was at a standstill."

On the east coast we recently experienced Hurricane Irene and her furious downpour, so our sympathies are especially fresh.  Luckily for us, a flood doesn't trigger thoughts of water stagnation, mosquitoes, and mosquito-borne illness like in India.  

As we reflect on these natural events, we can be glad that the Fairific community gave as many Mosquito Net GoodBags™ in July and August as they did.  The 100 families who received Mosquito Net GoodBags™ are better prepared to deal with the flood and it's aftermath than they would have been without them.  Of course, there's nothing we could put in a GoodBag™ that would completely protect someone from all the trouble the world has to offer, but at least each one offers something good that can make life a little better.

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(photos courtesy of Dr. Tulsi and Fairific)