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Meena Athwani, originally from Pune, India, is a joy to spend time with. An intriguing mixture of passionate spiritualism, bubbly intelligence and obvious love for what she does has led Meena to climb the Helen Doron English franchise ladder to reach the top: National Coordinator for Spain. Like many of the Helen Doron franchisee’s success stories, Meena didn’t plan to […]

Euroinvestor releases press release highlighting the success of the Helen Doron Ltd. global franchise business.  

Elisabeth Ruelle-Mégrelis interviewed to promote opening of the first Helen Doron English Learning Centre in Paris, France. Listen to the radio interview (in French) and read the press release (in French) published in Le Parisien. Félicitations and well done!    

Cast your mind back to your school days. Chances are, you sat in a classroom, facing forward, for hours at a time. Perhaps your teacher talked a lot, wrote things on the board, and handed out notes. But what about you? Was it easy to absorb and understand the information? Did you spend your time […]

When it comes to malnutrition, people usually assume that it’s related to low socio-economic status. Surprisingly, many children in developed countries are undernourished. But why? The problem is poor nutrition — diets based on fast foods and that are high in sugar, salt and bad fats. Children require a nutrient-rich diet to develop optimal brain […]

“My name is Ani Varbanova and I’m from Bulgaria. I have two daughters, one is 9 and the other one is 1 year old. Both my spouse and I speak Bulgarian, English and Russian (I also speak a little bit of Italian). We speak both Bulgarian and English at home with the kids. In 2011 […]

Claire Jiang, Helen Doron’s Shanghai Master Franchisor, is a shining example of a young businesswoman who hit the ground running and successfully penetrated the highly competitive English education market in China. Before Claire discovered the world of Helen Doron, she dreamed of starting her own business. She majored in English at university, but after graduating, joined British […]

Franchising with Helen Doron English was a natural decision for Elisabeth Ruelle-Mégrelis. Combining two areas of interest, English as a Second Language for children and entrepreneurship, the opportunity came at a perfect time in her career.  A busy working mother, Mégrelis believes it is essential for her children to know English, understanding that English is […]

Colour Your World Cast your mind back to the days when you lay on the floor with a colouring book and a box of brightly coloured pencils. For a while, it was just you and the page in front of you. Choosing a colour. Deciding what to colour first. Carefully colouring the area you chose. […]

It is now widely understood that the more language a child knows before he reads, the better his reading skills are going to be. The better his reading skills, the more successful he will be in school. Oxford University research found that children who were read nursery rhymes were not only better readers but were […]