meet the team

our mission staff

The Mission at Natuvu Creek is founded on service above self. Our dedicated staff & volunteers are the people who make it all possible.

Employing staff members and housing their families on mission property, the Mission employs generations of families.

You’ll meet Siwa, our operations and spiritual director, Vika, his wife and kitchen manager, and the entire staff of 25+ members who maintain the grounds, kitchen, rooms and activities!

Marta Tooma DDS, Co-Founder & dental director Tom Tooma MD, CO-founder & Ophthalmology Director

Marta is a graduate from Loma Linda School of Dentistry, ’85. She has been volunteering in Fiji and leading dental student teams since 1997. She and her husband, Tom, established the Mission and Natuvu Creek in 2006. She is the Dental Director of the Mission and serves as a volunteer dentist and community health awareness leader.

Tom is a fellowship trained corneal transplant surgeon currently specializing in refractive and cataract surgery in Newport Beach, California. He is the Medical Director for the nationwide NVISION Eye Centers.

Denis & Ornella Kalbermatter Elizabeth Aguilera, MD & Oscar maier

Denis Kalbermatter, RN, DDS, is a registered nurse as well as a dentist. Dr. Denis and Ornella are our Clinic and Mission Directors and manage the day-to-day workings of the Mission.

Dr. Elizabeth Aguilera is our onsite Medical Director and her husband, Oscar Maier is our Facilities Manager.

Denis, Ornella, Elizabeth and Oscar live onsite full-time to assist our visiting volunteers and manage the clinic and Mission.

janet walker, executive team coordinator

Janet has had a heart for volunteer mission work for over 20 years. Knowing and working with Tom and Marta Tooma since 1999, Janet made her first volunteer mission trip to Fiji in 2015. She assists volunteers with all of their travel arrangements and itinerary. For questions about scheduling a trip to the Mission, or if you have questions about making a donation, contact Janet at janet@natuvu.org

The Tooma Family Foundation

Established and funded in large part by the Tooma Family Foundation, the Mission at Natuvu Creek is blessed with over 300 volunteers each year that come and share in the vision to aid those in need. Your donations mean so much to continue this important work.

“I am a Christian. Christ and Scriptures tell us that we need to help people in need, so we are following our religious beliefs in helping the needy. By sharing Christian principles with the people, we believe that they become better citizens, and better people.”