JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- Ahri's chin quivers, and his large dark eyes fill with tears the 11-year-old can't control. Holding Eka Jaya, Nuraini leads son Ahri, 11, to the orphanage with dad Joni Lubis and brother Mohammed. "Be tough. I am sorry you have to go," his grandmother whispers while hugging him. His parents are taking Ahri to live in an orphanage. They swear they are not abandoning their son. "I am not throwing my child away," says his mother, Nuraini, wiping away tears. "I just want him to get a proper education. I hope that one day he'll do something useful for this country and help his brothers, because we are living in poverty."
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Mother of three insists she is not "throwing away" her first-born child
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Parents take 11-year-old to orphanage because they say they can't make ends meet
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