Keeping Our Promise, Inc. is the most comprehensive resettlement program for Afghan, Iraqi and Kurdish interpreters and support personnel in the United States.
Based in Rochester, NY, they assist with initial visa applications under the Special Immigrant Visa Program. Once visas are granted, they will find and furnish the allies’ first apartments and help with finding employment. They help with a modest vehicle to get to work. Caring Circles help fully integrate families into their new lives so they can quickly become contributing members of the Rochester, NY community.
Rochester is now home to Pashtuns, Uzbeks, Tajiks, Hazara, Turkmen and Nuristanis from Afghanistan, Sunni and Shia Iraqis, as well as Kurdish allies, who served the U.S. and came to Rochester under the Special Immigrant Visa program for their faithful and honorable service to the United States in a war-zone.
Budding Readers is proud to provide children’s books that are used to help both parents and children learn English.