Before Hall left Trinidad in 1970 Gerard Pantin-a Catholic priest in the Holy Ghost Fathers order-asked him if he would assist Pantin in forming a humanitarian program to assist the poor and marginalised residents of the Laventille community.
At the end of his career as a cricketer, Hall reflected, "I realised that I'd been playing for ten years, and I was married with three children and I didn't have any money."