ABOUT US:​

Keeping Our Promise, Inc. is the most comprehensive resettlement program for Afghan, Iraqi and Kurdish interpreters and support personnel in the United States today.

​Based in Rochester, NY, we assist with initial visa applications under the Special Immigrant Visa Program. Once visas are granted, we will find and furnish our allies' first apartments, and help with finding employment. We help with a modest vehicle to get to work. Caring Circles help fully integrating 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. 

Keeping Our Promise, Inc. 2025 Statistics & Success

Total resettlement costs: $638,402

• 88 Afghan families totaling 345 individuals were resettled in the Greater Rochester, NY area.
• Staff, volunteers, and SIVs worked together to fully furnish apartments with the help of in-kind donations from the community.  $57,074 was paid to bridge the gap in required resettlement household essentials. 
•  $386,533 was paid in rent and security deposits, and $21,349 in essential utilities. 
• Our Wheels for Work Program issued $16, 888 to eligible individuals providing up to six months of car insurance, registration fees, and driving lessons to better ensure that individuals can secure jobs and stay employed.  
• Over $117,000 in food essentials were provided. This necessity is especially important with the extended delays in receiving benefits due to an overwhelmed system, rising commodity costs across the nation, and government cuts to immigrants.
• With donor support, KOP paid $39,463 for urgent life-saving airline tickets. 
• Each family receives a computer and mobile phone to facilitate job searches and language acquisition, and to stay connected with family they have been separated from.
• 1,908 volunteer hours were logged!  Note: As of April 2025, the national value of a volunteer hour in the U.S. is estimated at $34.79, meaning volunteers have contributed more than $66,000 to support our resettlement efforts!