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Enjoy greater convenience and flexibility when you fly to Zanzibar and Kilimanjaro with Ethiopian Airlines, with flights increasing to three times daily from November 30, 2026.
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Book now and experience more convenient connections with Ethiopian!
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#flyethiopian #zanzibar #kilimanjaro
Enjoy greater convenience and flexibility when you fly to Zanzibar and Kilimanjaro with Ethiopian Airlines, with flights increasing to three times daily from November 30, 2026.
Book now and experience more convenient connections with Ethiopian!
https://www.ethiopianairli...
#flyethiopian #zanzibar #kilimanjaro
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Enjoy greater convenience and flexibility when you fly to Zanzibar and Kilimanjaro with Ethiopian Airlines, with flights increasing to three times daily from November 30, 2026.
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Book now and experience more convenient connections with Ethiopian!
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Book now and experience more convenient connections with Ethiopian!
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Enjoy greater convenience and flexibility when you fly to Zanzibar and Kilimanjaro with Ethiopian Airlines, with flights increasing to three times daily from November 30, 2026.
Book now and experience more convenient connections with Ethiopian!
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Two generations, one legacy 🤝
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Viv Anderson, Wes Brown and Phallon Tullis-Joyce share important stories about their experiences as Black footballers 🎤
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ግራንድ አፍሪካን ረን 2026 | Grand African Run 2026
አብሮነት መሻል ነው!
Celebrating Africa and bringing people together
#ethiopia | ወደ መነሻ መስመሩ ይቅረቡ፤ ግራንድ አፍሪካን ረን ~ የተለያዩ የኑሮ ዘርፎችና የሕይወት ታሪኮች ያሏቸውን ሰዎች በአንድ የሚያሰባስብ የ5 ኪሎ ሜትር ሩጫ እና ከባህል ጋር የተቆራኘ የአንድነትና የተሳትፎ ልምድ የሚያቀርብ የትርፍ ያልሆነ ዝግጅት ነው።
ከተለያዩ ትውልዶች የተውጣጡ ቤተሰቦች፣ የተለያየ ዕድሜ፣ የአኗኗር ዳራ፣ ችሎታና የሕይወት ልምድ ያላቸው ሰዎች ተመሳሳይ ቀለም ያላቸውን ሸሚዞች ለብሰው በሩጫው፣ በእግር ጉዞው እና በመራመዱ ይሳተፋሉ።
የግራንድ አፍሪካን ረን መስራች ዶ/ር ጋሻው አበዛ እንደሚሉት፦
“ሁሉም ሰው ተመሳሳይ ዓይነት ሸሚዝ ለብሷል፤ ስለዚህ ማን ዕድሜው የገፋ ወይም ወጣት፣ ሀብታም ወይም ድሃ መሆኑን ማወቅ አይቻልም። በመነሻ መስመሩ አጠገብ የሚፈሱትን ሰዎች ማየት ያለውን ስሜት እወደዋለሁ፤ ምክንያቱም ይህን ዝግጅት ለማዘጋጀት ብዙ ጥረት ይደረጋል።”
ከሩጫ በላይ የሆነ የባህል ተሞክሮ
ግራንድ አፍሪካን ረን በአሌክሳንድሪያ ከተማ በሚገኙ እንደ Old Town እና Potomac Yard ባሉ ሰፈሮች የሚካሄድ ሩጫ ብቻ አይደለም። ይህ አፍሪካዊ ባህልን የሚያስተዋውቅ ልዩ የባህል ተሞክሮም ነው።
በዝግጅቱ የተለያዩ የቀጥታ ትርዒቶች ይቀርባሉ። ሙዚቀኞች የተለያዩ የአፍሪካ ከበሮዎችንና ቫዮሊንን ይጫወታሉ፤ ዳንሰኞችም እስክስታ የተባለውን ባህላዊ የኢትዮጵያ ዳንስ ጨምሮ ከኤርትራ፣ ከሩዋንዳ፣ ከኬንያና ከሌሎችም የአፍሪካ አገራት የተውጣጡ ባህላዊ ውዝዋዜዎችን ያቀርባሉ።
በተጨማሪም ከአፍሪካ ዲያስፖራ የተውጣጡ ምግቦችና የባህል ቅርሶች በነጋዴዎች ይቀርባሉ። የበጎ አድራጎት አጋር ድርጅቶችም ከተሳታፊዎች ጋር በመገናኘት ሩጫውን የሚሳተፉበትን ወይም የሚደግፉበትን የበጎ አድራጎት ዓላማ እንዲመርጡ ያደርጋሉ።
ከእነዚህም መካከል African Women’s Cancer Awareness Association (AWCAA)፣ Your Ethiopian Professionals Network (YEP)፣ Raeye Children Aid (RCA) እና ሌሎች በርካታ ድርጅቶች ይገኙበታል። WIHA የተባለው ድርጅት ደግሞ በአፍሪካ ለሚገኙ በቂ አገልግሎት ላላገኙ ማህበረሰቦች ንጹህ ውሃ፣ የወር አበባ ንጽህና ፓዶችና ሌሎች አስፈላጊ ድጋፎችን ያቀርባል።
አሌክሳንድሪያ፦ የተለያዩ ባህሎች መገናኛ
ዶ/ር ጋሻው አበዛ አሌክሳንድሪያ ለግራንድ አፍሪካን ረን ተስማሚ ስፍራ የሆነችውን ምክንያት ሲገልጹ፦
“ከተማዋ ሰዎቿ ናቸው። ከመላው ዓለም የመጡ ሰዎች በአሌክሳንድሪያ ይኖራሉ። እዚህ ሁሉም ሰው ተቀባይነት አለው፤ ተሞክሮዎቹም ይህንን ያረጋግጣሉ።”
የመስጠትና የማህበረሰብ መንፈሱ በዝግጅቱ ሁሉ ይቀጥላል። ተሳታፊዎች የመኪና ሎተሪ ዕጣ ለመግዛትም ዕድል ያገኛሉ። በዚህ ዓመት ሽልማቱ 2026 Toyota Corolla ነው።
እንዲሁም African Impact Award በተለያዩ የሥራ ዘርፎች የላቀ አስተዋጽኦ ያበረከቱ የአፍሪካ መሪዎችን የሚያውቅና የሚያከብር የሽልማት መርሃ ግብር ነው።
ዶ/ር አበዛ፣ “ለማንም ክፍት ነው። ሁሉም ሰው በሩጫው መሳተፍ ይችላል። ነገር ግን የአፍሪካን ስኬቶች ለማክበር ስለፈለግን ግራንድ አፍሪካን ሩን ብለን ሰየምነው” ይላሉ።
የአፍሪካ የሩጫ ባህል ያነሳሳው ስም
ግራንድ አፍሪካን ረን የሚለው ስም አፍሪካ በሩጫ ዓለም ያላትን ጠንካራ ባህል ያንፀባርቃል። ዶ/ር አበዛ ይህንን ባህል በሥራ ሕይወታቸው መጀመሪያ ላይ ከ30,000 በላይ ተሳታፊዎችን ባሰባሰበ የሩጫ ዝግጅት ላይ በመስራት ተመልክተዋል።
“ያ የሥራ ሕይወቴ የመጀመሪያ ዘመን በጣም ያምር ነበር። ያ ከአምስት ዓመታት በላይ የሠራሁበት የመጀመሪያ ሥራዬ ነበር። በዚያን ጊዜ ወንዶች፣ ሴቶች፣ አካል ጉዳተኞች—ሁሉም አብረው ይሰበሰቡ ነበር።”
ዶ/ር አበዛ ለአምስት ዓመታት ያህል የሩጫ ዝግጅቶችን በማዘጋጀት ያሳለፉ ሲሆን፣ ስፖርት የዕድሜ፣ የባህል፣ የአኗኗር ወይም የችሎታ ልዩነት ሳይገድበው ሰዎችን ማቀራረብ እንደሚችል በተግባር ተመልክተዋል።
በቀጣይ ዓመታትም በስፖርት ቢዝነስ ዘርፍ ተመራማሪ፣ ፕሮፌሰርና አማካሪ በመሆን ሰፊ ልምድ አካብተዋል። የዶክትሬት ትምህርታቸውን ሲጀምሩ፣ ከባለቤታቸውና ከልጆቻቸው ጋር መረጋጋት ሲጀምሩና በሌላ ሀገር ቤት መስራት ምን ማለት እንደሆነ ሲያስቡ ስለሕይወት ዓላማቸው በጥልቀት ማሰብ ጀመሩ።
“ማስተማር እችላለሁ። መጽሐፍትን መጻፍና ተማሪዎችን ማስተማር እችላለሁ። ግን ከዚያስ? ማሰብ ጀመርኩ፤ ‘አንድ ነገር ማድረግ አለብኝ። ሕይወት ወደዚህ የዓለም ክፍል ካመጣኝ፣ መልሼ ለማኅበረሰቡ መስጠት እፈልጋለሁ’ አልኩ። 70 ዓመት ሲሆነኝ ለልጆቼ ምን እነግራቸዋለሁ? እናንተ በሕይወታችሁ ዓላማ አላችሁ፤ እኔም በሕይወቴ ዓላማ አለኝ። ሁሉም ሰው በዚህ ሕይወት ዓላማ አለው፣ አይደል? የእኔ ዓላማ ለሌሎች መስጠት ነው።”
ይህ የሕይወት ዓላማ ፍለጋ የግራንድ አፍሪካን ሩን ሃሳብ እንዲወለድ አደረገ። የሚቀረው ጉዳይ ይህንን ራዕይ ለማስፈጸም ተስማሚ ቦታ ማግኘት ነበር፤ እሱም አሌክሳንድሪያ ሆነች።
የአፍሪካ ብቃትና ስኬትን ማክበር
የዝግጅቱ ዓላማ ግልጽ ከሆነ በኋላ ዶ/ር አበዛ ግራንድ አፍሪካን ሩንን ከአፍሪካና ከዓለም የተወደዱ ታዋቂ አትሌቶች ጋር ለማገናኘት ችለዋል። ከእነዚህም መካከል የኦሎምፒክ ታሪካዊ አትሌቶች ጥሩነሽ ዲባባ እና ደራርቱ ቱሉ ይገኙበታል።
በአቅራቢያውም ለህፃናት የሚዘጋጅ የሩጫ ውድድር ይካሄዳል፤ ይህም ለዝግጅቱ ሌላ የደስታና የተሳትፎ ደረጃን ይጨምራል።
ዶ/ር አበዛ እንደሚሉት፦
“በአሌክሳንድሪያ ሁሉም ባህሎች ይገናኛሉ። ውብ ከተማ ናት፤ ከዓለም የመጡ ሰዎችም በውስጧ ይኖራሉ። ፍጹም መዳረሻ ናት። ከVisit Alexandria የሚደረገው ድጋፍም ሚና አለው። አሁን ያለችው ከንቲባ አሊያ ጋስኪንስ፣ የከተማው ምክር ቤት አባል ጆን ቴይለር ቻፕማን እና ሌሎችም በጣም ደጋፊ ነበሩ። ለዚህም ነው በአሌክሳንድሪያ የምናደርገው።”
ግራንድ አፍሪካን ረን 2026
ቅዳሜ፣ ጥቅምት 10 ቀን 2026
አሌክሳንድሪያ፣ ቨርጂኒያ፣ አሜሪካ
5 ኪ.ሜ ሩጫ • ባህል • ማኅበረሰብ • በጎ አድራጎት
አፍሪካን፣ ስኬቶቿንና የአንድነት መንፈሷን ለማክበር
ግራንድ አፍሪካን ረን ለሁሉም ክፍት ነው።
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Grand African Run
Step up to the starting line for the Grand African Run, a nonprofit event where people from all walks of life come together for a 5K run and a cultural experience rooted in connection and belonging.
Families spanning generations, people of all ages, backgrounds, abilities, and life experiences create a vibrant sea of runners, joggers, and walkers—united by matching-colored shirts.
“All human beings in the same type of shirt…so you can’t tell who is old or young, rich or poor. I love that feeling of seeing a stream of people by the start line, because there’s a lot of hard work that goes into this event,” says Dr. Gashaw Abeza, founder of the Grand African Run.
More than a race through Alexandria’s neighborhoods, including Old Town and Potomac Yard, the Grand African Run is an immersive cultural experience. Live performers take the stage as musicians play African drums and violins, while dancers showcase Eskista, the traditional Ethiopian dance, alongside cultural performances from Eritrea, Rwanda, Kenya, and other African communities.
Vendors also offer food, cultural products, and artifacts from across the African diaspora. Charity partners connect with participants and give runners the opportunity to support causes of their choice, including the African Women’s Cancer Awareness Association (AWCAA), Your Ethiopian Professionals Network (YEP), Raeye Children Aid (RCA) and many other organizations. Among them is WIHA, which supports underserved communities in Africa by providing clean water, menstrual pads, and other essential resources.
Alexandria: A City of Connection
Dr. Abeza says Alexandria quickly became the perfect home for the Grand African Run.
“The city is the people. People from all over the world live in Alexandria. You are welcome, and the experiences prove it.”
That spirit of community and giving continues throughout the event. Participants also have the opportunity to enter a lottery drawing for a car, with the 2026 Toyota Corolla serving as this year’s prize.
The event also features the African Impact Award, which recognizes extraordinary achievements by African leaders across different industries.
“It’s open for anyone. Everybody is welcome to run in it. But we called it that way to celebrate Africa’s achievements, so we called it Grand African Run,” Dr. Abeza explains.
Inspired by Africa’s Running Culture
The name Grand African Run also reflects Africa’s remarkable running culture, something Dr. Abeza encountered early in his career while working at a local running event that attracted more than 30,000 participants.
“That early age of my career was beautiful. That was my very first job, which I did for five years, and during that time, men, women, anyone disabled, they all came together.”
For nearly five years, Dr. Abeza helped organize running events and saw firsthand how sport could bring people together regardless of age, background, or ability.
Over the years, he developed an extensive career as a researcher, professor, and consultant in sports business. But while pursuing his doctoral degree, settling down with his wife and children, and reflecting on what it meant to build a home in another country, he began thinking more deeply about purpose.
“I can teach. Write books and educate students. But so, what? I started to think, I have got to do something. If life took me to this part of the world, I want to give back. When I’m 70, what am I going to tell my kids? You have purpose in your life. I have a purpose in my life. Everyone has got purpose in this life, right? My purpose is giving back.”
That search for purpose became the inspiration for the Grand African Run. The remaining question was where to bring the vision to life—and Alexandria proved to be the place.
Celebrating African Excellence
With the event's purpose firmly established, Dr. Abeza has brought the Grand African Run to the attention of some of Africa and the world's celebrated athletes, including Olympic legends Tirunesh Dibaba and Derartu Tulu.
A dedicated kids’ race also takes place nearby, adding another generation to the celebration.
“In Alexandria, all cultures come together. It’s a beautiful city and people from all over the world live in it. It’s a perfect destination, and having support from Visit Alexandria plays a role as well. The current Mayor Alyia Gaskins, Councilman John Taylor Chapman, those people they have been amazingly supportive. That’s why we do it in Alexandria,” says Dr. Abeza.
Join the Grand African Run
The Grand African Run will take place on Saturday, October 10, 2026, in Alexandria, Virginia.
It is more than a 5K. It is a gathering of communities, cultures, generations, athletes, families, charities, and supporters coming together to celebrate Africa, its people, achievements, and spirit of belonging.
Everyone is welcome.
Grand African Run 2026
Saturday, October 10, 2026
Alexandria, Virginia, USA
5K Run • Culture • Community • Giving
Celebrating Africa and bringing people together
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Celebrating Africa and bringing people together
#ethiopia | ወደ መነሻ መስመሩ ይቅረቡ፤ ግራንድ አፍሪካን ረን ~ የተለያዩ የኑሮ ዘርፎችና የሕይወት ታሪኮች ያሏቸውን ሰዎች በአንድ የሚያሰባስብ የ5 ኪሎ ሜትር ሩጫ እና ከባህል ጋር የተቆራኘ የአንድነትና የተሳትፎ ልምድ የሚያቀርብ የትርፍ ያልሆነ ዝግጅት ነው።
ከተለያዩ ትውልዶች የተውጣጡ ቤተሰቦች፣ የተለያየ ዕድሜ፣ የአኗኗር ዳራ፣ ችሎታና የሕይወት ልምድ ያላቸው ሰዎች ተመሳሳይ ቀለም ያላቸውን ሸሚዞች ለብሰው በሩጫው፣ በእግር ጉዞው እና በመራመዱ ይሳተፋሉ።
የግራንድ አፍሪካን ረን መስራች ዶ/ር ጋሻው አበዛ እንደሚሉት፦
“ሁሉም ሰው ተመሳሳይ ዓይነት ሸሚዝ ለብሷል፤ ስለዚህ ማን ዕድሜው የገፋ ወይም ወጣት፣ ሀብታም ወይም ድሃ መሆኑን ማወቅ አይቻልም። በመነሻ መስመሩ አጠገብ የሚፈሱትን ሰዎች ማየት ያለውን ስሜት እወደዋለሁ፤ ምክንያቱም ይህን ዝግጅት ለማዘጋጀት ብዙ ጥረት ይደረጋል።”
ከሩጫ በላይ የሆነ የባህል ተሞክሮ
ግራንድ አፍሪካን ረን በአሌክሳንድሪያ ከተማ በሚገኙ እንደ Old Town እና Potomac Yard ባሉ ሰፈሮች የሚካሄድ ሩጫ ብቻ አይደለም። ይህ አፍሪካዊ ባህልን የሚያስተዋውቅ ልዩ የባህል ተሞክሮም ነው።
በዝግጅቱ የተለያዩ የቀጥታ ትርዒቶች ይቀርባሉ። ሙዚቀኞች የተለያዩ የአፍሪካ ከበሮዎችንና ቫዮሊንን ይጫወታሉ፤ ዳንሰኞችም እስክስታ የተባለውን ባህላዊ የኢትዮጵያ ዳንስ ጨምሮ ከኤርትራ፣ ከሩዋንዳ፣ ከኬንያና ከሌሎችም የአፍሪካ አገራት የተውጣጡ ባህላዊ ውዝዋዜዎችን ያቀርባሉ።
በተጨማሪም ከአፍሪካ ዲያስፖራ የተውጣጡ ምግቦችና የባህል ቅርሶች በነጋዴዎች ይቀርባሉ። የበጎ አድራጎት አጋር ድርጅቶችም ከተሳታፊዎች ጋር በመገናኘት ሩጫውን የሚሳተፉበትን ወይም የሚደግፉበትን የበጎ አድራጎት ዓላማ እንዲመርጡ ያደርጋሉ።
ከእነዚህም መካከል African Women’s Cancer Awareness Association (AWCAA)፣ Your Ethiopian Professionals Network (YEP)፣ Raeye Children Aid (RCA) እና ሌሎች በርካታ ድርጅቶች ይገኙበታል። WIHA የተባለው ድርጅት ደግሞ በአፍሪካ ለሚገኙ በቂ አገልግሎት ላላገኙ ማህበረሰቦች ንጹህ ውሃ፣ የወር አበባ ንጽህና ፓዶችና ሌሎች አስፈላጊ ድጋፎችን ያቀርባል።
አሌክሳንድሪያ፦ የተለያዩ ባህሎች መገናኛ
ዶ/ር ጋሻው አበዛ አሌክሳንድሪያ ለግራንድ አፍሪካን ረን ተስማሚ ስፍራ የሆነችውን ምክንያት ሲገልጹ፦
“ከተማዋ ሰዎቿ ናቸው። ከመላው ዓለም የመጡ ሰዎች በአሌክሳንድሪያ ይኖራሉ። እዚህ ሁሉም ሰው ተቀባይነት አለው፤ ተሞክሮዎቹም ይህንን ያረጋግጣሉ።”
የመስጠትና የማህበረሰብ መንፈሱ በዝግጅቱ ሁሉ ይቀጥላል። ተሳታፊዎች የመኪና ሎተሪ ዕጣ ለመግዛትም ዕድል ያገኛሉ። በዚህ ዓመት ሽልማቱ 2026 Toyota Corolla ነው።
እንዲሁም African Impact Award በተለያዩ የሥራ ዘርፎች የላቀ አስተዋጽኦ ያበረከቱ የአፍሪካ መሪዎችን የሚያውቅና የሚያከብር የሽልማት መርሃ ግብር ነው።
ዶ/ር አበዛ፣ “ለማንም ክፍት ነው። ሁሉም ሰው በሩጫው መሳተፍ ይችላል። ነገር ግን የአፍሪካን ስኬቶች ለማክበር ስለፈለግን ግራንድ አፍሪካን ሩን ብለን ሰየምነው” ይላሉ።
የአፍሪካ የሩጫ ባህል ያነሳሳው ስም
ግራንድ አፍሪካን ረን የሚለው ስም አፍሪካ በሩጫ ዓለም ያላትን ጠንካራ ባህል ያንፀባርቃል። ዶ/ር አበዛ ይህንን ባህል በሥራ ሕይወታቸው መጀመሪያ ላይ ከ30,000 በላይ ተሳታፊዎችን ባሰባሰበ የሩጫ ዝግጅት ላይ በመስራት ተመልክተዋል።
“ያ የሥራ ሕይወቴ የመጀመሪያ ዘመን በጣም ያምር ነበር። ያ ከአምስት ዓመታት በላይ የሠራሁበት የመጀመሪያ ሥራዬ ነበር። በዚያን ጊዜ ወንዶች፣ ሴቶች፣ አካል ጉዳተኞች—ሁሉም አብረው ይሰበሰቡ ነበር።”
ዶ/ር አበዛ ለአምስት ዓመታት ያህል የሩጫ ዝግጅቶችን በማዘጋጀት ያሳለፉ ሲሆን፣ ስፖርት የዕድሜ፣ የባህል፣ የአኗኗር ወይም የችሎታ ልዩነት ሳይገድበው ሰዎችን ማቀራረብ እንደሚችል በተግባር ተመልክተዋል።
በቀጣይ ዓመታትም በስፖርት ቢዝነስ ዘርፍ ተመራማሪ፣ ፕሮፌሰርና አማካሪ በመሆን ሰፊ ልምድ አካብተዋል። የዶክትሬት ትምህርታቸውን ሲጀምሩ፣ ከባለቤታቸውና ከልጆቻቸው ጋር መረጋጋት ሲጀምሩና በሌላ ሀገር ቤት መስራት ምን ማለት እንደሆነ ሲያስቡ ስለሕይወት ዓላማቸው በጥልቀት ማሰብ ጀመሩ።
“ማስተማር እችላለሁ። መጽሐፍትን መጻፍና ተማሪዎችን ማስተማር እችላለሁ። ግን ከዚያስ? ማሰብ ጀመርኩ፤ ‘አንድ ነገር ማድረግ አለብኝ። ሕይወት ወደዚህ የዓለም ክፍል ካመጣኝ፣ መልሼ ለማኅበረሰቡ መስጠት እፈልጋለሁ’ አልኩ። 70 ዓመት ሲሆነኝ ለልጆቼ ምን እነግራቸዋለሁ? እናንተ በሕይወታችሁ ዓላማ አላችሁ፤ እኔም በሕይወቴ ዓላማ አለኝ። ሁሉም ሰው በዚህ ሕይወት ዓላማ አለው፣ አይደል? የእኔ ዓላማ ለሌሎች መስጠት ነው።”
ይህ የሕይወት ዓላማ ፍለጋ የግራንድ አፍሪካን ሩን ሃሳብ እንዲወለድ አደረገ። የሚቀረው ጉዳይ ይህንን ራዕይ ለማስፈጸም ተስማሚ ቦታ ማግኘት ነበር፤ እሱም አሌክሳንድሪያ ሆነች።
የአፍሪካ ብቃትና ስኬትን ማክበር
የዝግጅቱ ዓላማ ግልጽ ከሆነ በኋላ ዶ/ር አበዛ ግራንድ አፍሪካን ሩንን ከአፍሪካና ከዓለም የተወደዱ ታዋቂ አትሌቶች ጋር ለማገናኘት ችለዋል። ከእነዚህም መካከል የኦሎምፒክ ታሪካዊ አትሌቶች ጥሩነሽ ዲባባ እና ደራርቱ ቱሉ ይገኙበታል።
በአቅራቢያውም ለህፃናት የሚዘጋጅ የሩጫ ውድድር ይካሄዳል፤ ይህም ለዝግጅቱ ሌላ የደስታና የተሳትፎ ደረጃን ይጨምራል።
ዶ/ር አበዛ እንደሚሉት፦
“በአሌክሳንድሪያ ሁሉም ባህሎች ይገናኛሉ። ውብ ከተማ ናት፤ ከዓለም የመጡ ሰዎችም በውስጧ ይኖራሉ። ፍጹም መዳረሻ ናት። ከVisit Alexandria የሚደረገው ድጋፍም ሚና አለው። አሁን ያለችው ከንቲባ አሊያ ጋስኪንስ፣ የከተማው ምክር ቤት አባል ጆን ቴይለር ቻፕማን እና ሌሎችም በጣም ደጋፊ ነበሩ። ለዚህም ነው በአሌክሳንድሪያ የምናደርገው።”
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አፍሪካን፣ ስኬቶቿንና የአንድነት መንፈሷን ለማክበር
ግራንድ አፍሪካን ረን ለሁሉም ክፍት ነው።
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Grand African Run
Step up to the starting line for the Grand African Run, a nonprofit event where people from all walks of life come together for a 5K run and a cultural experience rooted in connection and belonging.
Families spanning generations, people of all ages, backgrounds, abilities, and life experiences create a vibrant sea of runners, joggers, and walkers—united by matching-colored shirts.
“All human beings in the same type of shirt…so you can’t tell who is old or young, rich or poor. I love that feeling of seeing a stream of people by the start line, because there’s a lot of hard work that goes into this event,” says Dr. Gashaw Abeza, founder of the Grand African Run.
More than a race through Alexandria’s neighborhoods, including Old Town and Potomac Yard, the Grand African Run is an immersive cultural experience. Live performers take the stage as musicians play African drums and violins, while dancers showcase Eskista, the traditional Ethiopian dance, alongside cultural performances from Eritrea, Rwanda, Kenya, and other African communities.
Vendors also offer food, cultural products, and artifacts from across the African diaspora. Charity partners connect with participants and give runners the opportunity to support causes of their choice, including the African Women’s Cancer Awareness Association (AWCAA), Your Ethiopian Professionals Network (YEP), Raeye Children Aid (RCA) and many other organizations. Among them is WIHA, which supports underserved communities in Africa by providing clean water, menstrual pads, and other essential resources.
Alexandria: A City of Connection
Dr. Abeza says Alexandria quickly became the perfect home for the Grand African Run.
“The city is the people. People from all over the world live in Alexandria. You are welcome, and the experiences prove it.”
That spirit of community and giving continues throughout the event. Participants also have the opportunity to enter a lottery drawing for a car, with the 2026 Toyota Corolla serving as this year’s prize.
The event also features the African Impact Award, which recognizes extraordinary achievements by African leaders across different industries.
“It’s open for anyone. Everybody is welcome to run in it. But we called it that way to celebrate Africa’s achievements, so we called it Grand African Run,” Dr. Abeza explains.
Inspired by Africa’s Running Culture
The name Grand African Run also reflects Africa’s remarkable running culture, something Dr. Abeza encountered early in his career while working at a local running event that attracted more than 30,000 participants.
“That early age of my career was beautiful. That was my very first job, which I did for five years, and during that time, men, women, anyone disabled, they all came together.”
For nearly five years, Dr. Abeza helped organize running events and saw firsthand how sport could bring people together regardless of age, background, or ability.
Over the years, he developed an extensive career as a researcher, professor, and consultant in sports business. But while pursuing his doctoral degree, settling down with his wife and children, and reflecting on what it meant to build a home in another country, he began thinking more deeply about purpose.
“I can teach. Write books and educate students. But so, what? I started to think, I have got to do something. If life took me to this part of the world, I want to give back. When I’m 70, what am I going to tell my kids? You have purpose in your life. I have a purpose in my life. Everyone has got purpose in this life, right? My purpose is giving back.”
That search for purpose became the inspiration for the Grand African Run. The remaining question was where to bring the vision to life—and Alexandria proved to be the place.
Celebrating African Excellence
With the event's purpose firmly established, Dr. Abeza has brought the Grand African Run to the attention of some of Africa and the world's celebrated athletes, including Olympic legends Tirunesh Dibaba and Derartu Tulu.
A dedicated kids’ race also takes place nearby, adding another generation to the celebration.
“In Alexandria, all cultures come together. It’s a beautiful city and people from all over the world live in it. It’s a perfect destination, and having support from Visit Alexandria plays a role as well. The current Mayor Alyia Gaskins, Councilman John Taylor Chapman, those people they have been amazingly supportive. That’s why we do it in Alexandria,” says Dr. Abeza.
Join the Grand African Run
The Grand African Run will take place on Saturday, October 10, 2026, in Alexandria, Virginia.
It is more than a 5K. It is a gathering of communities, cultures, generations, athletes, families, charities, and supporters coming together to celebrate Africa, its people, achievements, and spirit of belonging.
Everyone is welcome.
Grand African Run 2026
Saturday, October 10, 2026
Alexandria, Virginia, USA
5K Run • Culture • Community • Giving
Celebrating Africa and bringing people together
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