Volunteer consulting expertise provided at no charge to a Brampton, Ontario charity.
Ottawa, Ontario – August 28, 2026 – The CMC Pro Bono Program has completed a no-charge management consulting engagement for SIRANA Global, formerly operating as Hands of Hope. The CMC Pro Bono Program sources experienced management consultants to provide pro bono support to charities and not-for-profit organizations, helping them build the capacity to deliver on their missions.
SIRANA Global is a CRA-registered Canadian charity based in Brampton, Ontario. Run by volunteers, it uplifts children and families facing hardship by improving access to health care, nutrition, education, and clean water. Its programs address thalassemia, infant malnutrition, education, poverty, and clean water, alongside global charitable giving. The organization is led by its three founding directors, Syed Noor Ahmed, Syed Shoaib Ur Raza, and Imran Ahmed Khan.
Volunteer consultant Thomas Burnie, FCMC, PMP, PCIP, provided pro bono expertise to SIRANA Global through the CMC Pro Bono Program.
Working directly with the organization’s leadership, the volunteer consultant found that several other charities used the “Hands of Hope” operating name, limiting the organization’s ability to stand apart with donors and partners. On the consultant’s advice, the organization adopted SIRANA as its new operating name while retaining its existing legal name. The engagement also produced a work breakdown structure to guide a proof-of-concept initiative in Pakistan under the organization’s health care objective, one of its six areas of focus, together with a review of the organization’s new website and recommendations for its improvement and for related networking activity.
Thomas Burnie, FCMC, PMP, PCIP, is the owner of Burnie Management Consulting Ltd in Ottawa and has practised as an independent consultant since 1995, following a military career. His work spans program and project business analysis, project management, organizational development and change management, strategic and performance management, and not-for-profit and charity governance, for government, business, and not-for-profit clients at the national, regional, and local levels. Since 2003, he has delivered, co-delivered, or facilitated more than 100 courses and events, including a two-day Project Leadership and Communications course of his own design.
As a result of the engagement, SIRANA Global now operates under a distinctive name in a crowded charitable landscape. Its leadership team has a structured work plan it continues to use as the guideline for developing its first initiative, and a website better positioned to tell its story.
With a clear identity and a defined path to its first proof of concept, SIRANA Global is positioned to engage funders and partners and to demonstrate measurable impact before extending its model to its remaining objectives.
For more information, please contact:
- Rodney Evely, FCMC
343-204-3052
revely@icloud.com
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