When Build Health International (BHI) needed a helping hand to help install seamless flooring in a new two-level surgical center at St. Boniface Hospital in Haiti, they put a call out for flooring installers who would be willing to donate time and talent. Kwasi Pecou, project manager and estimator for Lane’s Floor Coverings & Interiors in New York, answered the call and travelled to Haiti.
The hospital, which is located in rural Fond-des-Blancs, Haiti, had been hit by Hurricane Matthew, the Category 5 storm that ravaged the island’s southwestern tip on October 4. Haiti had never fully recovered from the devastating earthquake in 2010 and has continued to suffer from a cholera outbreak, so the hurricane was another major setback for the country.