sentences:  As soon as a country decides to commission a new Buddy Bear, the predecessor is sold at an auction in aid of UNICEF or other child relief organizations all over the world.So far, over EUR 2,300,000 (since 2002 till 2017) have been raised at auctions in various cities of the world.Eva Herlitz, together with several international artists, founded in Berlin in 2004 Buddy Bear Help, a children's aid organisation.