Buddy Bear Help
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Buddy Bear Help is a children's aid organisation founded in Berlin
in 2004 by Eva Herlitz
together with several international artists. "Every cent for the children" - with this motto Buddy Bear Help e.V. guarantees that 100 per cent of the donations and auction revenues from charity activities is used for the selected children's projects. All organisational and administrative costs are borne by the club members.
, who designed the bears for her country for the United Buddy Bears
project, wanted to help, with the support of Buddy Bär Berlin GmbH, a five year old boy in Baghdad
who had a tumor behind his eye and the surgical removal of which was not possible in Baghdad. The boy was to be brought to Berlin for the surgery. Since funds were not immediately available, the help offered came too late.
In order to be able to help quicker, in a more targeted and bureaucratic manner, the Buddy Bear Help organisation was founded in 2004. To send a political message at the time of the Iraq War, one of the founding members of the club was Marsha Coats (wife of U.S. Ambassador to Germany
from 2001 - 2005, Daniel R. Coats).
(Bolivia
) was secured, a school project for Maasai in Tanzania
was implemented, in 2009 the construction of a school for AIDS orphans in Tepa Tepa, a small village near Lake Malawi
, was completed. In other school projects, individual children in Jamaica
and Sri Lanka
as well as several schools in Nigeria
were supported.
The organisation Die Arche has been steadily supported by the activities of Buddy Bär since 2003. Since 2009, Die Arche has also been supported by Buddy Bear Help, with the organisation carrying the costs of rent for the new Arche location in Berlin-Wedding
.
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
in 2004 by Eva Herlitz
Klaus and Eva Herlitz
Klaus and Eva Herlitz are German businesspeople, living in Berlin. They are married since 1972 and they have three sons.Klaus Herlitz and Eva Herlitz are the initiators of theUnited Buddy Bears activities...
together with several international artists. "Every cent for the children" - with this motto Buddy Bear Help e.V. guarantees that 100 per cent of the donations and auction revenues from charity activities is used for the selected children's projects. All organisational and administrative costs are borne by the club members.
History
Furat al Jamil, an artist from IraqIraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, who designed the bears for her country for the United Buddy Bears
United Buddy Bears
Buddy Bears are a series of painted, life-size fibreglass bear sculptures originally developed in Berlin, Germany. The first Buddy Bear was created by the German businesspeople Klaus and Eva Herlitz, in cooperation with the sculptor Roman Strobl in 2001....
project, wanted to help, with the support of Buddy Bär Berlin GmbH, a five year old boy in Baghdad
Baghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
who had a tumor behind his eye and the surgical removal of which was not possible in Baghdad. The boy was to be brought to Berlin for the surgery. Since funds were not immediately available, the help offered came too late.
In order to be able to help quicker, in a more targeted and bureaucratic manner, the Buddy Bear Help organisation was founded in 2004. To send a political message at the time of the Iraq War, one of the founding members of the club was Marsha Coats (wife of U.S. Ambassador to Germany
United States Ambassador to Germany
The United States has had diplomatic relations with the nation of Germany and its predecessor nation, the Kingdom of Prussia, since 1835. These relations were broken twice while Germany and the United States were at war...
from 2001 - 2005, Daniel R. Coats).
Help for Children in Need
Since 2004, children in need (Kindern in Not) have been helped worldwide. Among other things, the financing of heart surgeries for children in La PazLa Paz
Nuestra Señora de La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia, as well as the departmental capital of the La Paz Department, and the second largest city in the country after Santa Cruz de la Sierra...
(Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
) was secured, a school project for Maasai in Tanzania
Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
was implemented, in 2009 the construction of a school for AIDS orphans in Tepa Tepa, a small village near Lake Malawi
Lake Malawi
Lake Malawi , is an African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the Great Rift Valley system of East Africa. This lake, the third largest in Africa and the eighth largest lake in the world, is located between Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania...
, was completed. In other school projects, individual children in Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
and Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
as well as several schools in Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
were supported.
The organisation Die Arche has been steadily supported by the activities of Buddy Bär since 2003. Since 2009, Die Arche has also been supported by Buddy Bear Help, with the organisation carrying the costs of rent for the new Arche location in Berlin-Wedding
Wedding (Berlin)
Wedding is a locality in the borough of Mitte, Berlin, Germany and was a separate borough in the north-western inner city until it was fused with Tiergarten and Mitte in Berlin's 2001 administrative reform...
.