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Frederick Ndabaramiye stands Tuesday in front of one of his paintings in the Atrium Art Gallery at the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn Campus at 51 Westminster St. in Lewiston. When he was 15, Ndabaramiye’s hands were cut off by rebels after he refused to murder fellow passengers on the bus he was traveling on. Left for dead, he managed to find help and endured a six-month coma. Ndabaramiye co-founded Ubumwe Community Center in Gisenyi, Rwanda, in 2005 to help children and adults living with disabilities. He paints scenes of traditional village life to raise money to help those in need in Rwanda. For more on the artist, go to http://tinyurl.com/mr27p8tx. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
Frederick Ndabaramiye chats Tuesday with Nancy Bouffard of Minot in front of one of his paintings in the Atrium Art Gallery at the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn Campus at 51 Westminster St. in Lewiston.  When he was 15, Ndabaramiye’s hands were cut off by rebels after he refused to murder fellow passengers on the bus he was traveling on. Left for dead, he managed to find help, and endured a six-month coma. Ndabaramiye co-founded Ubumwe Community Center in Gisenyi, Rwanda, in 2005 to help children and adults living with disabilities. He paints scenes of traditional village life to raise money to help those in need in Rwanda. Bouffard knows Ndabaramiye through her brother because the two of them play wheelchair rugby together.  Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Andree Kehn is a staff photographer who has lived in Lewiston for the past three years and has been a Greenwood resident for 20 years, on and off. She has worked full time for the Sun Journal since 2015....

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