A non-profit school in China dedicated to helping underprivileged children has pledged $20,000 to Shenmue 3's Kickstarter to help raise awareness of its organisation.

The Volunteer English Teacher Program, which helps teach children from small villages and orphanages how to speak English - initially offered $10,000 to have dinner with creator Yu Suzuki. But following "an amazing amount of attention in China", it has pledged a further $10,000 to have one of its teachers appear as an NPC in the game.

"We are not wealthy!" said one of the school's volunteers. "This was a hard decision. We could have given $20,000 directly to building the school and it's programs but we feel that this pledge will lead to more exposure and support than what we could do through other mediums.

"For those who don't know our school yet. We are called The 'V.E.T. Program' (Volunteer English Teacher). You can find us on Facebook. We teach children and young adults English to help in their educational and career pursuits. Many of these kids come from small villages in the Guilin area and may not have an opportunity to learn elsewhere."

"We really need help in reaching our goals. We would love for you to like us on Facebook. We will eventually look outside ourselves and setup a way for donations to be made but we didn't want to distract from the Kick Starter or be overbearing donation hunters."