Country coordinators
Croatia country coordinators
Helena HeĆimoviĆ
Helena has been Country Coordinator for 25 years! Years ago, when she first heard about Learning Enterprises, Helena had only started HELLO English Language Club in her home town Koprivnica, after working as an English teacher at high school for 13 years. She wanted children to learn English in a different way, far from tests and "one-fits-all" school curricula. She wanted them to enjoy learning, speaking, singing and dreaming English; moreover, she wanted them to make it their second language, the language of their choice; the language they would not only actively use in the future, but appreciate in their childhood and teenage years.
Helena is retired, but still actively involved in the club. Her family takes an active part in HELLO Club and Sunny Village camp activities. She hopes this connection will last for years to come and warmly welcomes our future volunteers. Those before them have enriched her life in so many different ways and she wishes to continue this long-lasting mutually beneficial relationship.
Drina Bešenić
Drina has been the coastal Country Coordinator for the past ten years and will be returning to LE for PY26! She works at the city hall of Biograd na Moru, which hosts two volunteers for the program. She has worked hard to expand the program on the Dalmatian Coast, and has been known to take the volunteers on a very special excursion! Drina is excited to serve as Country Coordinator again and looks forward to meeting the 2026 volunteer team.
Romania country coordinator
POPA KINGA
Kinga Popa was born in Oradea, Romania. She studied at the Partium Christian University to become a social worker and graduated in 2007. Later, she moved to Budapest, Hungary, and works in a dubbing studio as an assistant director and translator.
In 2004, Kinga started to work as a volunteer for the International Children's Safety Service in Oradea, and that's where she first heard about Learning Enterprises and met the first LE volunteers in Romania. The next year, she became the Country Coordinator in Romania.
She knew when she took the position that the job would be a real challenge, but she didn't realize it would be such and amazing and pleasant experience.