Ross Kemp describes the horror of the cholera outbreak in Haiti

Ross Kemp described one of the most horrific situations he found himself in during his career making documentaries around the world.

In the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti, Kemp described how he saw corpse collectors move around the area after a cholera outbreak and witnessed the devastation it wrought on communities in the Caribbean nation.

Kemp was speaking before ‘Cheers for Volunteers’ – an event that asks Britons to raise a trophy to volunteers who lost their time during the coronavirus pandemic at 5:00pm on Sunday – and opened the door about some of the devastation and trauma he said watched graphic shows such as Ross Kemp on Gangs and Ross Kemp: Extreme World.

The former EastEnders star told LADbible: “I was in Haiti because of a cholera outbreak, and—without disdain for the horrific scenes that happened here—I was out with body collectors putting people in the back of trucks.”

Kemp has traveled the world making documentaries. Credit: Sky

“I remember being behind a truck and looking at my feet sticking out from the back of the car.

“Cholera is a bacterial infection, so even after you die, while the virus may die on someone — and I’m no expert on viruses by any means — the bacteria will be in the body cavities long after that person dies.

“They didn’t get the information to the general public that they were kissing the body when the body was being transported, so we’ll come back the next day and pick up four more bodies.

“Unless you block the nostrils with chlorine that has been pushed into the cotton wool — and I mean all the nostrils, the *** hole, the ears, the nose, the mouth, everything — they are still contagious.

“He got to the stage where people were pouring gasoline into cracks after the earthquake, just to get rid of the stench.

“The only fat things I saw there were dogs. So, it’s different from what we experienced.”

This is clearly just one of the hardest things Kemp has witnessed throughout his time in filmmaking.

Naturally, many of those real-life experiences he saw stayed with him.

Many of his horrific experiences remained with him. Credit: Sky

“A lot of things stay with you. You don’t go to Afghanistan every now and then for five or six years [without it sticking with you]’, he completed.

“If you see injured children, it will always be with you, people will always bleed and die with you.

“Mothers are crying. If you hear a mother being told or the body of her dead son shown, the sound the woman makes is generally primitive.

“That’s a voice I’ve heard a lot. Well, not often, but enough times to know when it’s coming, and enough times to know I don’t like hearing it.”

The cholera outbreak in Haiti in the aftermath of the earthquake was devastating. credit: PA

However, some of the things that have happened during the Covid-19 pandemic have given hope that there is still good in humanity, with millions of people going to great lengths to help others, some without pay.

That’s why Kemp supports the “Cheers for Volunteers” royal volunteer service initiative, and why he will raise a trophy for those who have selflessly given their time, as well as chairing a special pub competition for the event.

He explained: “We’ve had a terrible experience – the world has had a terrible experience – losing people.

“People have lost loved ones and friends, and in the midst of it all, people who in the past may not have been generous with their time, or may not have sacrificed their health to help others, have.

“Communities that might not have come together, did.

“If I can keep 25 percent of that in the future, there will be at least something positive out of this horrific situation.”

Kemp will raise a trophy to the UK Volunteer Army. Credit: Royal Volunteer Service

“It wasn’t just the people who work with the Royal Voluntary Service – 12.4 million who we know have come forward – I think more people have done acts of kindness or selflessness.

“I think we’ve applauded the NHS, and rightly so, every Thursday during the pandemic, and I think it would be good, at some point this Sunday, [July 4], to raise a glass of beer, or a glass of wine, or a cup of tea.”

Also, go support the local coffee shop, local coffee shop, pub, or local restaurant.

“Because they had a hard time, let’s try to go back to those places so that the companies that survived can continue to survive.

“It’s not asking people to run a marathon, just say ‘Cheers to the volunteers’ at five o’clock.”

Ross Kemp will raise a glass and say “Cheers to the Volunteers” this Sunday as part of #ThankYouDay. You can join him live on the Virtual Village Hall Facebook page from 4.40pm on Sunday, July 4th for a quick quiz to be followed by Cheers for Volunteers which will take place at 5pm.

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