The German Red Cross plans to send its first aid shipment to Myanmar on Wednesday following a deadly earthquake that struck the country in late March.
Initially, 42 tons of relief supplies — including tents, hygiene kits, blankets, and tools — will be loaded onto trucks near Berlin and transported to Liège airport in Belgium, a spokeswoman said.
From there the aid will be flown to Yangon in Myanmar, where it will be distributed locally by the Myanmar Red Cross.
The 7.7-magnitude quake hit the south-east Asian country in late March and claimed thousands of lives, according to the military government.
Mitarbeiter des Deutschen Roten Kreuzes (DRK) verladen im DRK-Logistikzentrum am Flughafen Schönefeld Hilfsgüter für die Erdbebenopfer in Myanmar. Insgesamt 42 Tonnen Hilfsgüter sollen in das von einem schweren Erdbeben betroffene Land gebracht werden. Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa
Mitarbeiter des Deutschen Roten Kreuzes (DRK) verladen im DRK-Logistikzentrum am Flughafen Schönefeld Hilfsgüter für die Erdbebenopfer in Myanmar. Insgesamt 42 Tonnen Hilfsgüter sollen in das von einem schweren Erdbeben betroffene Land gebracht werden. Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa
Mitarbeiter des Deutschen Roten Kreuzes (DRK) verladen im DRK-Logistikzentrum am Flughafen Schönefeld Hilfsgüter für die Erdbebenopfer in Myanmar. Insgesamt 42 Tonnen Hilfsgüter sollen in das von einem schweren Erdbeben betroffene Land gebracht werden. Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa
Mitarbeiter des Deutschen Roten Kreuzes (DRK) verladen im DRK-Logistikzentrum am Flughafen Schönefeld Hilfsgüter für die Erdbebenopfer in Myanmar. Insgesamt 42 Tonnen Hilfsgüter sollen in das von einem schweren Erdbeben betroffene Land gebracht werden. Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa
Birds fly over the site of a building that collapsed following an earthquake as the search for the missing continues in Bangkok. Rescuers found no survivors in the basement of a collapsed Bangkok building as the critical 72-hour rescue window nears its deadline. Families wait anxiously for news of missing loved ones. Seksan Rochanametakul/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
A general view of the site of a building that collapsed following an earthquake in Bangkok. Rescuers found no survivors in the basement of a collapsed Bangkok building as the critical 72-hour rescue window nears its deadline. Families wait anxiously for news of missing loved ones. Seksan Rochanametakul/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
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