The following is from a transcript of a story about a student-created refugee aid group that was broadcast Nov. 20 on radio station KMUW.
A group of students at Wichita State University are providing a helping hand to refugees who have come here to escape war, poverty or natural disasters in their home countries.
The students created a group called "Reaching Out 2 Refugees" to offer tangible support, such as clothing, furniture or toiletries, to the refugees that have resettled in the Wichita area.
WSU senior, Matt Brubaker says one lesson he’s learned is that the community has a lot of needs that go unseen.
"Just the fact that there were indeed 1,200 refugees living in Wichita that we didn’t know about was kind of a wake-up call in regards to actively seeking to help others and make our community a better place."