Kiwi family hits fundraising goal in effort to adopt poverty-stricken relative
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...
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