ABSTRACT
She dreamed of a better world and worked passionately for what she hoped to achieve. Her idea in the forties that sparked the creation of CISV, and the research she did in the first Village in 1951, is still relevant today: that people who live together learn to respect their differences and can form lasting friendships. Doris Allan was very much ahead of her time. Her concerns about prejudice and intolerance, the difficulties of living in a multicultural society, are the same concerns we have today. (Tejada 2002)
