page_title: Ethiopians in Washington, D.C.
section_title: Institutions
hierarchical_section_title: Ethiopians in Washington, D.C. / Institutions
caption_attribution_description: English: Embassy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in the United States, located at 3506 International Drive NW in Washington, D.C. Please see this image's talk page for more details about this photograph (e.g. why it looks the way that it does). Français&#160;: Ambassade de la République fédérale démocratique d'Ethiopie aux Etats-Unis d'Amérique, sise au 3506 International Drive NW à Washington D.C. Consultez la page de discussion de l'image pour plus d'informations sur cette image (par exemple, pourquoi elle a cet aspect).
context_page_description: There is an Ethiopian American community in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. According to the Embassy of Ethiopia, this was the largest ethnic Ethiopian community outside of Africa.
context_section_description: The Ethiopian Community Center, Inc. (ECC, Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ሕብረተሰብ ማዕከል), headquartered in Washington, DC, was established in 1980. The Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC), headquartered in Virginia, promotes increased socioeconomic standing, culture, and education in the community and resettles refugees. The ECDC provided loans to 700 persons wishing to own businesses in a nine-year period ending in 2011; these loans totalled almost $4.5 million. The ECDC was established in 1983.
  The Ethiopian American Constituency Foundation (EACF), which promotes political involvement of the Ethiopian community, was established in 2003. It campaigned for the formal recognition of the Little Ethiopia in Shaw. Ethiocorps, an organization which recruits area Ethiopian Americans to volunteer in Ethiopia, was established in 2004.
  The Embassy of Ethiopia, Washington, D.C. serves the community.
caption: Embassy of Ethiopia, Washington, D.C.
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