KOCHI: Dinesia, fourth standard student students who used to sell pickles in a cart to feed her family, would no longer have to do that. Kerala Kaumudi had earlier published a news story about her. Leading Malayalee startup Open Financial Technologies has taken over all expense of her education. Her pickles will be sold online under the name ‘Magickles’ and her father will get a job in the company with a salary of Rs 30,000.
Kerala Kaumudi news about Dinesia came to our attention after the selection of five startups. So this was announced as wild card entry at the Startup Mission Summit yesterday. Disabled people Aswathy from Kollam and Sreekuttan from Thiruvananthapuram will also be part of the project. 25 percent of the profits will be given to an orphanage. Remaining for these three. The project will start soon. Celebrities will be its brand ambassadors. Pickles will be available at magickles.com, Amazon and Flipkart.
After seeing the Kerala Kaumudi news about Dinesia, DYFI has agreed to build a house for her under the leadership of AA Rahim MP as per the instruction of Minister V Sivankutty. Dinesia and her family expressed their happiness and gratitude to everyone's for their help.