Founded by 12 Adivasi women and Nivedita Banerji in village Neemkheda, Kumbaya is a social enterprise and a brand name for apparel, patchwork home linen and accessories, designed to market specifications and international trends. Located deep in the tribal drylands of Bagli Tehsil, Dewas district of Madhya Pradesh for the last thirty years, Kumbaya has been standing up for the right to women’s economic empowerment, seeking to transform and strengthen women's lives through the power of design. Kumbaya is also deeply committed to people of disability, women and men who are unable to contribute manual tribal labour in an agricultural area thus leading to their marginalization and abandonment.
