Olha
Mazalevska
founder and CEO of the language school ALOHA Language School
Kyiv Photographer
Oleksandr Rozhenyuk
ALOHA Language School is a language school with intensive courses and trainings that implement the methods that have no analogs in Ukraine. “We have been on the market for almost five years, and this is our first seasonal crisis. We grew very fast: twice, sometimes three times in one year, both in terms of money and the number of employees and square meters. There were enough challenges. I went through the crisis of 2008 and 2014 in the advertising business, and now I know that you need to keep a sharp mind and act quickly. Therefore, two days after the introduction of quarantine, we were already teaching our students online. It was distressing, but we managed to organize it, and now we are one of the three Kyiv schools that have fully switched to distance learning of English.” ALOHA Language School does not even consider the idea of closing the business because there is still room for development. “In any case, I do not consider closing the business! I plan to use all opportunities and grow during this crisis.”