Building Secure Fences for Farmers

A simple fence may not seem like much, but to these farmers, it’s everything. It serves as a clear boundary, a deterrent against theft, and a tangible symbol of protection and dignity. Our mission is to provide these secure fences to help farmers protect the crops they work tirelessly to grow—and to give them peace of mind in an already difficult world.

Across rural villages, farmers and their families face a daily struggle: the constant threat of theft and land encroachment. For decades, these communities have reported people trespassing onto their farmland—stealing crops, stripping resources, and even cutting down entire coffee plants to avoid detection. Worse yet, neighboring landowners have begun slowly encroaching on their land, planting palm and dragon fruit trees further into their property each year. Over time, these neighbors may claim the stolen land as their own, leaving the rightful farmers powerless to defend what is theirs.

But this issue goes beyond fences. It speaks to a deeper and more painful reality—one faced by indigenous communities around the globe. Land rights violations, systemic inequality, and the slow erasure of native peoples’ connection to their land are injustices that continue under systems built on majority rule and silence.

Through this campaign, we aim to raise awareness and stand in solidarity with indigenous farmers. Their land is not just property—it’s heritage, sustenance, and identity.

With your help, we completed this vital project at $10,000.
We are incredibly grateful to our generous donors who made it possible. Your compassion is transforming lives across oceans.

It is possible to be kind. It is possible to stand together. We are the people—lifting communities and securing their livelihoods through the right to protected and respected land.

Thank you for taking the time to care. Your voice matters.

Rich Enuol

Rich founded Across the Sea in 2021 to support the community that he came from in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Since 2005 he has been raising funds and giving back to this community of indigenous villagers. He loves to garden, take photographs and be in nature. He feels at home surrounded by his many houseplants, and in this mini-jungle likes to play his guitar and practice juggling.

He has had many different jobs since coming to the US, such as server, cashier, factory worker, manicurist, personal care assistant for individuals with dissabilities, manager in a non-profit organization, cultivation, language interpreter and an infant & childcare specialist.

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