The German Red Cross plans to send its first aid goods to Myanmar on Wednesday after a deadly earthquake that hit the country in late March.
Initially, it will be loaded on a truck near Berlin and shipped to Belgium's Legi Airport, which includes tents, sanitation kits, blankets and tools, including tents, sanitation kits, blankets and tools.
Aid will fly from there to Yangon, Myanmar, where it will be distributed locally by the Myanmar Red Cross.
According to the military government, the magnitude 7.7 earthquake hit Southeast Asian countries in late March and claimed thousands of lives.
Mitarbeiter des deutschen roten kreuzes (Drk) Verladen Im Drk-logistikzentrum am flughafenschönefeld Hilfeld Hilfsgüterfürdie Erdbebenopfer in Myanmar. Insges Amt 42 tons Hilfsgüter Sollenin Das von Einem Schweren Erdbeben with gebracht Werden ends. Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/DPA
Mitarbeiter des deutschen roten kreuzes (Drk) Verladen Im Drk-logistikzentrum am flughafenschönefeld Hilfeld Hilfsgüterfürdie Erdbebenopfer in Myanmar. Insges Amt 42 tons Hilfsgüter Sollenin Das von Einem Schweren Erdbeben with gebracht Werden ends. Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/DPA
Mitarbeiter des deutschen roten kreuzes (Drk) Verladen Im Drk-logistikzentrum am flughafenschönefeld Hilfeld Hilfsgüterfürdie Erdbebenopfer in Myanmar. Insges Amt 42 tons Hilfsgüter Sollenin Das von Einem Schweren Erdbeben with gebracht Werden ends. Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/DPA
Mitarbeiter des deutschen roten kreuzes (Drk) Verladen Im Drk-logistikzentrum am flughafenschönefeld Hilfeld Hilfsgüterfürdie Erdbebenopfer in Myanmar. Insges Amt 42 tons Hilfsgüter Sollenin Das von Einem Schweren Erdbeben with gebracht Werden ends. Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/DPA
Birds fly over the site of a building that collapsed after the earthquake as search for missing persons continues in Bangkok. Rescuers did not find survivors in the basement of a collapsed Bangkok building, as a critical 72-hour rescue window is approaching. The family anxiously awaits news about the missing relatives. Seksan Rochanametakul/SOPA Images by Zuma Press Wire/DPA
General view of the ruins of the building that collapsed after the Bangkok earthquake. Rescuers did not find survivors in the basement of a collapsed Bangkok building, as a critical 72-hour rescue window is approaching. The family anxiously awaits news about the missing relatives. Seksan Rochanametakul/SOPA Images by Zuma Press Wire/DPA
