Interview: Kristian Bengtson

The anomaly. How a cutting-edge scheme in Brasilia gives direct grants to indigenous funds

News June 12, 2025 / By: Ann Danaiya Usher

A programme managed out of the Norwegian Embassy in Brazil aims to channel 90 per cent of its support as direct grants to indigenous-run organisations, something that other bilateral donors and even the rest of the Norwegian aid administration say cannot be done. How have they cracked the code?

06 With Davi Kopenawa at HAY 20-year anniversary 02 - photo by Bruno Kelly.jpg — Kristian Bengtson, who manages the indigenous support programme of the Norwegian Embassy in Brasilia, at the 20th anniversary of Hutukara Association Yanomami with leader and shaman Davi Kopenawa in 2024 (Photo: Bruno Kelly)

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Interview: Kristian Bengtson

The anomaly. How a cutting-edge scheme in Brasilia gives direct grants to indigenous funds

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