The stories aid could tell

There is no shortage of aid fiction. Its there in the denunciations of those who say aid does more harm than good (despite most evidence pointing, if anywhere, in the other direction). Its there amongst the brazen claims of those who would have us donate our old shirts to help the poor. And its there in the child-saving narratives of some NGOs. Everyone has a story to sell. And yet, for all this, there are surprisingly few actual explicit works of aid fiction. Fiction that confesses its fictions, even as it tries to capture reality. Aid workers make cameos in movies, but thats about it. Which is odd, surely aid has its tales to tell?