Online charity for poor kids blames mistake on human error

An online charity program that matches money donors with poor children born on the donors' birthdays blamed human error after pictures of some youngsters appeared in multiple profiles, raising suspicions among netizens.

The platform, called We Share a Birthday, is a collaboration between 0fenbei.com and the Aiyou Future Foundation that began appearing on WeChat on Friday.

According to the organizers, the project had raised 440,000 yuan ($66,900) by 1 pm on Saturday, with most donors contributing 1 yuan to the child with whom they were matched.