Washington, D.C. and Addis Ababa became sister cities on December 11. 2013. The two mayors from the two cities formalized Protocols of Friendship and the Sister City Agreement was signed at a special ceremony that took place at the John A. Wilson Building. Mayor Vincent Gray of Washington DC, United States of America and Mayor Diriba Kuma of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia said at the time that their initiative would pave the way for various joint projects between the two municipalities in areas of mutual interest that would include economic development, cultural education, youth engagement and information exchange.
The Sister City agreement which was arranged,signed and carried out in the Office of Protocol and International Affairs, Office of the Secretary, Executive Office of the Mayor is initiating its first project for next year. In a meeting headed by Director Patricia Ellwood and officials of the DC Public Schools an ” Ethiopian International Food Day ” will be held in May 2015 to introduce the Ethiopian food to Over 40,000 DC School Children who will eat nothing but Ethiopian for their breakfast, lunch and dinner on that day. An advisory group has been established by Little Ethiopia from over 10 Ethiopian Restaurateurs and Chefs that includes Etete , Maraki, Abesha, Axum, Askale and Dukem.
Dereje Zewdie , CEO of DJ Photography, co-owner of Abesha Carryout along with his partner Yared Mammo would co-ordinate food tasting in September 2014 to the city vendors from the DC Public Schools. The CEO of Etete Restaurant Henok Tesfaye will work with his restaurant’s Chef, that the the kids will have the right Ethiopian Taste. Little Ethiopia would give more details as it gets more information from the Director and the Washington DC Public School officials.
Source:Littleethiopia.
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