Bárbara Cubillos, a student of Civil Engineering in Mining at the University of La Serena, received the recognition after taking an online course on healthy eating. 

A smartphone was the prize won by the ULS student, Bárbara Cubillos, who benefited from the JUNAEB BAES Scholarship and who, like hundreds of other young people, took and passed the E-learning course on “Self-care and healthy living” that for sixth time is taught by the Edenred company, in charge of manufacturing, distributing and loading the card with which students cash in their benefit.

Promoting this lifestyle in students in the region is one of the main objectives of the institution. This was stated by the regional director of JUNAEB, John Cortés, who expressed that “we are very happy to be able to recognize this student for her concern for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and for using her benefits in a good way. As JUNAEB we are constantly concerned about improving the quality of life of our beneficiaries, and therefore it is very positive that both we and the company that grants this recognition, highlight students who care about having a healthy life."

The award ceremony took place at the JUNAEB offices, where Bárbara arrived to receive the recognition. “I am grateful and at the same time surprised, because when I took the course, I did not know that I was participating through a cell phone,” said the student who was accompanied by the social worker of the state educational institution, Marisol Avilés, who also highlighted the incentive that JUNAEB and Edenred carry out the benefited students. "It seems good to me, because the nutrition indices in our country do not point much to what has to do with healthy eating, so it seems to me to be a very good initiative and, above all, to value the participation of our student," said the professional.

It is expected that more and more students will take the course and use the benefit to acquire the good habit of healthy eating.

Source: DGAE Press