Thailand’s Wheelchair Mafia: A Family Affair for Cade Martin

Cade Martin, award-winning photographer and visual storyteller, shared a new project that he is quite proud of. According to Cade Martin, he, his wife and two sons, traveled to Thailand, “to create a small project with a big heart in collaboration with The Man That Rescues Dogs Foundation.

“We met a gang like no other: The Wheelchair Mafia — rescue dogs who don’t walk, they fly. Wheels spin like wings. Joy rises off the road and hits you square in the chest.

“What began as a project became something much bigger What started as a conversation between strangers became collaboration and friendship.”

According to Cade Martin, there are 800 dogs in the sanctuary, “44 rolling proud. Wheelchairs aren’t limitations. They’re wings. Keeping hope rolling costs 59,400 baht ($1,650) daily. One set of wheels: 14,400 baht ($400). No corporate sponsors. Just believers.”

Learn more at tmtrd.org.