Alia Eckford News Today

Alia Eckford​ hopes her family will get “the best Christmas gift” this year - to be able to adopt her young cousin after his grandmother died in front of him.

Ridho, who was given up at birth, had been raised by Purnamawati in Bandung, Indonesia,​ in extreme poverty. The pair shared a small one-bedroom apartment, sleeping on a concrete floor for the last three years and often going days without food. JOHN KIRK-ANDERSON/Stuff Alia and William Eckford with their sons Ethan, 8, and William Eckford, 11. The Eckfords launched a Givealittle page on July 12 with the goal of raising about $25,000 to cover legal fees, international flights, adoption fees...