Sister Cities of Durham, North Carolina

Durham and our Sister Cities:  Zhuzhou-China;Tilaran-Costa Rica; Durham-England; Kavala-Greece; 
Toyama-Japan; Celaya-Mexico; Sibiu-Romania; Kostroma-Russia; Arusha-Tanzania

Welcome To Our Website Highlighting our Visits, Exchanges, and Programs:
Pictures:     Our visit to Tilaran, Costa Rica;      Visiting Toyama students.  
Information about our Library Programs, the Holiday Parade,  Membership,  PayPal.

The birds of Costa Rica welcomed our Durham delegation to our Sister City Tilaran, Costa Rica in February, with the
popular saying "Pura Vida" -- live life!.

The Sister Cities of Durham delegation visited Tilaran, Guanacaste in Feb., 2020.  The local Tilaran Committee, pictured here with the Durham group,  gave our 7 member delegation a warm welcome as we planned programs that will benefit both cities.    

Lake Arenal, in the Tilaran area, is a 65 mile long man made lake that produces 60% of the electricity for the country of Costa Rica.

Students from the Toyama, Japan College of Foreign Languages were welcomed at RDU by their host families and the Toyama City Committee for their 18 day stay in Durham, Feb - Mar, 2020. Their stay included studying English as a 2nd Language at DTCC, American family life, and many cultural activities. .

The beautiful Guanacaste Tree is prominent in the Tilaran area, and is Costa Rica's national tree.

 
PayPal:  Make A Donation to Support Our Exchange Programs.   You can also Pay Membership Dues here.

 

We enjoyed being a part of Durham's 2019 Holiday Parade.   We had 9 nations with  flags, banners, and dancers.


Our Celaya, Mexico group was colorful in the Parade, with their flag and car decorations.  Their group included 4 dancers.  

                                    Coming Events:
Note:     Our programs are postponed because of the Coronavirus.  Hopefully our programs will resume in July.
However,  we still maintain our conversations with our friends around the world  -- Come join us!

3 pm, Sun, April 26:  Library Program, Southwest Lib
      Durham HS students visiting Toyama, Japan
                                Postponed

3 pm, Sun, Aug 30:  Library Program, Southwest Lib
    Introduction to Durham's Sister Cities and our Festival of Nations.

  Plans are developing for trips to Greece  and Japan, organized by our Kavala and Toyama City Committees for the fall, 2020 and for 2021.
  The trips will be open to the public.
  Check back later for updates as plans develop.

11 - 5,  Oct. 11:  3rd Annual Festival of Nations 
at Durham Central Park featuring international booths for cultural displays, and selling souvenirs, jewelry, clothes, handicrafts, food.
  Also - Musicians and Dancers will fill the stage.
     Join us to visit with over 15 international groups from the Durham area.

Our Mission:  To promote mutual understanding and cooperation between Durham and global cities, to encourage world peace.

Pictured is our sign and the Sister Cities Peace Grove of Trees at Durham Central Park.  The Grove of Trees will eventually include trees representing all our Sister Cities.












Durham students welcome visiting students from our Sister Cities at RDU airport.

                      MEMBERSHIP

We invite you to join us in Sister Cities of Durham to promote a greater understanding of Durham's international connections.

Annual Membership Dues:

-- Family Membership          $35

-- Individual Membership     $20

-- Student Membership        $10

Also Life Time Membership    $300

  

Payment can be made:
-- on our PayPal button on this page; 

-- or Mail checks to:

  Sister Cities of Durham

  PO Box 767;  Durham, NC 27702


Thanks for supporting Sister Cities of Durham



Each year Sister Cities recognizes individuals and organizations with the Mayor's Award  for "Promoting International Understanding". Pictured are some of the recipients of this annual award at our Annual Meeting in Oct.