OUR FOUNDER
Vivianne Dawalibi is the founder of Caloundra Health Hub in 2004, formerly known as (Caloundra Billing Surgery)
Born in North of Sudan from Syrian parents, I served humanity for two decades assisting the Office of the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) in providing solutions to the vast refugees’ related integration issues during emergency operations.
Due to my dedication, hard work, loyalty, and the solutions I provided, I was awarded with the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize Certificate (1981 in Sudan).
As a result, to a country program in Armenia that I initiated and managed in relation to orphan children I was awarded with the prestigious UNESCO Peace Prize Certificate (1995 in Armenia).
I started my career with UNHCR as a bookkeeper, then promoted to be a Finance Officer and Administrative Officer in my home country Sudan. Later, I became an Emergency Operation Manager in various countries. I served in Kenya, Somalia, Armenia, Belarus, Bangladesh and finally in Bosnia Herzegovina during the Kosovo conflict.
My role was to support the Office of UNHCR in assessing and identifying refugee needs, allocating implementing partners to address the identified needs, and manage various humanitarian projects in different sectors.
Successfully I managed to gain the trust of various international government offices and added financial value to UNHCR operation in Armenia by having various Joint Venture projects with capital raised from USAID, Norway and Finland Home Affairs resulting in high impact on refugee integration and well-being.
In 1994, together with my family we became refugees and settled in Sydney, Australia. However, I continued my service with UNHCR until I resigned from my role in December 1999 for family reasons.
In Sydney, I worked as a Community Worker at the Melkite Catholic Eparchy Church in Greenacre, NSW. I established a charity organisation called the “Melkite Welfare Association” and developed various community development projects. I received funds grants from the Federal, State and Local Governments and managed various community development projects.
In 2001, I developed a non-accredited training course ‘Certificate IV in Small Business Management’. I taught non-English speaking community members how to transform a hobby into a small business and how to successfully manage their business and become valid members of the Australian society. The program aimed to empower those people to create a career for themselves instead of being reliant on the Australian social welfare system.
After I lost my husband in November 2002, I moved to QLD. In July 2004, I purchased my first business administering a medical centre on the Sunshine Coast “Caloundra Health Hub” (formerly known as Caloundra Billing Surgery), with a mission to provide easy access to the public.
In 2010, I purchased my second business administering a medical practice “Cooroy Family Practice” with the same purpose and mission.
I continued to grow these two businesses with a focus on engaging various service providers to benefit the public.
– Vivianne Dawalibi
(Founder, Owner, Managing Director, Practice Manager)
‘NOBEL PEACE PRIZE Certificate’ when served at UNHCR operation in SUDAN (1981):
Vivianne, due to her dedication in providing solutions to the vast needs of refugees had been awarded with the prestigious ‘Nobel Peace Prize Certificate’ while serving UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency in Sudan in 1981.
Vivianne due to her great achievements had been awarded with the prestigious “UNESCO Peace Prize Certificate’ while serving UNHCR Armenia in 1995.
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