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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 and managed isolation. That amount was surpassed just six days later. Eckford said she had put he...