Glossary

Activity
A task asking for a person’s time or work. It may be flexible or organised into shifts.

Administrator
A person who carries organisational responsibility on adiuto, including governance actions such as pausing or archiving an initiative.

Coordinator
A team member who manages an initiative’s day-to-day tasks, shifts, locations, commitments, and people.

Demand
The amount of a good, activity, or shift capacity still needed. Confirmed missions reserve demand.

Direct delivery
A request that reserves a task for a specific recipient after a matching item arrives at an initiative.

Draft mission
Selected tasks that have not yet been confirmed. They can still be changed and are not promises to the initiative.

Givelist
A saved search that can notify a supporter when a new need matches. It is not a public offer list.

Handover
Confirmation that promised goods arrived. It usually happens by scanning a mission QR code.

Initiative
A local aid organisation or group that publishes needs and coordinates support.

Kit
A fixed combination of goods donated as a complete set.

Location
A drop-off or activity place with an address, opening hours, notes, and usually a map pin.

Member
An approved participant in an initiative who can see and fulfil its members-only needs.

Mission
A supporter’s confirmed commitment to deliver goods or carry out an activity or shift.

Recurring demand
A task whose target demand replenishes daily, weekly, or monthly for ongoing needs.

Shift
A scheduled activity slot with a start, end, and number of volunteer places.

Task
A concrete need for goods or help published by an initiative.