Abulé is an everyday care village dedicated to support, uplift, and inspire families and communities. The word “abulé” itself comes from the Nigerian language Yoruba, and means “village”. In our village, members can share stories, connect with other one another, or create a community of their own. More importantly, members can lean on one another for mutually beneficial care support, from child care to homework help or meal prep.

Activities refer to virtual or in-person experiences hosted by community members. Activities can range from language exchanges to book clubs to painting classes and everything in between. They are designed to foster a sense of togetherness, collective learning, and enjoyment. Community members may sign up for activities using tokens or create their own activity offerings to share their knowledge and skills with the village.

Babysitting refers to a care giver taking care of a child or children in exchange for Tokens. Babysitting can be a one-time or recurring request.

Care givers are village, communities, or tribe members who are able to fulfill caregiving requests made by other members. Care givers may fulfill various requests including school pickup & drop-offs, meal prep, child care tasks, and homework help. Care givers can be rewarded with CARE$ tokens, which can be used to book their own care tasks, or serve as potential income earnings. Anyone can become a care giver by submitting an application and undergoing a vetting process.

An individual who directly benefits from care or support provided through a care request. A care receiver may not always be the care seeker.

You can create and update your care receiver’s profile so that potential care givers know the kind of support that your care receiver needs.

A request posted to you tribe group, community, or the entire village to seek support for personal, family, or home-related care needs. Care requests can include support such as child care, elder care, school pick ups, or other types support.

Also known as ‘request’.

Care seekers are members who need care support, whether for themselves or family members. Care seekers can find care givers for their requests through our care-pairing technology, VEIL. To book care requests, care seekers can create profiles for their family members, fill in their preferences, and post their request details.

CARE$ Tokens (read “Care Tokens”) are tokens of appreciation that care seekers can give or gift, or care givers can receive when they receive or provide care support. CARE$ can be cashed out, or used to book care requests. CARE$ Tokens is NOT a cryptocurrency.

Care Wallet is where your Tokens are stored. You can view your Token usage, balance, and transaction history in your Care Wallet. You can also send gifts or top up CARE$ Tokens using secured payment methods in your wallet.

The act of sharing a ride in one vehicle with others to go to the same destination. It’s a great way to save on gas, be more sustainable, and support those who may not have their own transportation. You can coordinate carpooling with your neighbors, coworkers, or other community members.

Cashing out allows people to convert their earned Tokens into income earnings. When a community member cashes out, they are electing to receive a payout in USD.

Note: tokens that are cashed out are subject to taxes and fees.

Abulé’s code of conduct is our guiding principle. We refer to this set of guidelines to inform our intentions, words and actions. Ultimately, the code of conduct exists to ensure each and every member is welcome, safe and supported. You can read the code of conduct here.

A designated member responsible for guiding and managing the community space, including facilitating discussions, sharing updates, and encouraging member engagement. In an organization, this could be your leader, coordinator, or administrator. Community leaders can access and oversee the community statistics.

Community leaders also take on a shared responsibility with Abulé to guide or sometimes mediate issues that may arise within their communities. We believe that people closest to a challenge are best able to resolve issues quickly.

Abulé's core values refer to the five central pillars of our brand. They are:

We acknowledge the gap between where we are today and where we want to be tomorrow. We strive to close that gap to achieve work-life harmony.

We must be willing to accept that we cannot do it all alone. We embrace our strengths, while leaning on one another to mitigate our weaknesses.

We work hard but we are not quiet about counting our blessings, expressing gratitude and celebrating our wins. We amplify each other’s successes in business and in life. We reward others with tokens of gratitude and appreciation.

We believe families are sacred, energy is finite and time is scarce. We honor unity and we move in accordance with these laws within our tribe and on behalf of the Village.

We are obsessed with finding solutions that will further support parents, children and greater society. This is no small feat – but we work tirelessly to find a path to a better tomorrow.

An educator is an Abulé community member who actively shares their knowledge with others. Educators may do this in several ways. They might take the form of tutors, who help students master a specific subject (or several) in rigorous one-on-one or small group lessons. They might also be any person who helps students after school with their homework. Furthermore, an educator might be someone who leads an activity and teaches the community members a new skill, such as painting, cooking or a new language.

An event refers to any activity or community-led occurrence that is held outside of the standard Abulé framework. For example, hosting a school bake sale or a community choir recital are considered events. Events may be coordinated and scheduled using your Abulé inbox and calendar.

Abulé community members can request homework help by posting a care request in their Abulé network. An educator or other qualified community member will help students ensure assignments are complete, as well as generally offer support to students in reaching their goals on a per assignment basis. This is not to be confused with tutoring, which involves regular academic development in a designated subject or mastering a new skill.

A host refers to the facilitator or organizer of a community event or activity. For example, the organizer of a cooking class would be considered the host of that activity.

A place where you’ll find all communications between you and your care givers and members in your communities. You can receive and send direct messages to other members, create group chats with your tribes, and communicate with community leaders.

Your digital home base. You can view your contact list in your address book, your upcoming or attended activities and events, and your posted or filled care requests – whether they’re open, active, or completed.

Community members who join an activity or event.

Care givers are rewarded for their work with payments. You can pay your care giver using $CARE Tokens. Prices for payments are negotiated between the care giver and the care seeker.

Pick-ups and drop-offs refer to the coordinated transportation of children between a care giver and the care recipient of a request. Children can be picked up at or from school, home, or another designated location and dropped off at another by a trusted care giver.

Your profile showcases your digital presence on Abulé. It gives community members and care givers a glimpse of who you are. On your profile, you’ll be able to share your story, values, interests and lifestyle preferences. You’ll also be able to create profiles for your family members, and provide your availabilty to fulfill others’ care needs.

A request is posted by a community member Who is actively seeking to fulfil their care needs. A request might look like: “Seeking a babysitter for Friday afternoon at 4 p.m.,” or, “Can someone please help pick up and deliver groceries for my parents?”

Swapping is how $CARE Tokens are traded and enables people in the community to seek or fulfill care tasks. Tokens are either purchased, gifted or earned. Earned Tokens may help reduce the cost of your caregiving needs when a member invests their time and talents to help others.

Also known as ‘barter’.

A close-knit group that you can create or join to post and fulfill care requests for one another. Your tribe might be the people in your friend groups, immediate area, or even someone that you connected with in the village. These are the people you’ll most likely end up leaning on the most for exchanging caregiving tasks. We encourage you to get to know them and treat them like family!

Trust and safety are at the heart of our community, built on a shared intentions, actions and dedication among members of our village.

Each member in our village goes through identity verification before receiving or fulfilling care requests. As a member, you can manage who can see your profiles, requests, or who you connect with. Members can also pay for an optional background check, which is displayed on their profiles. This may help give new connections peace of mind.

Learn more about how our village fosters a secure and trusted space.

Tutoring involves helping learners gain proficiency in designated school subjects outside of class hours. It also refers to the act of helping learners master a unique skill, like learning how to play the ukulele.

The process of verifying someone as a care giver or a care seeker to ensure they’re a trustworthy and reliable individual. This is a two-way process, where both care seekers and care givers participate by building a relationship with each other, verifying their identities, and providing required documentation. This collaboration fosters credibility and builds trust within our village.

For example, as a care seeker you can review the information provided by your potential care givers and get to know them first, be it through chat, call, or an in-person meeting. We recommend keeping care exchanges and transactions within our platform for your safety.

The village refers to the Abulé community as a whole.