Achievement Badges

Badges extend the motivational benefit of the Annual Summary into an always-visible, ongoing reward mechanism. Unlike the year-end Wrapped, badges give peer mentors frequent positive feedback loops tied to milestones - first activity logged, reaching 10 contacts, logging 100 hours. Three organizations (NHF, HLF, Barnekreftforeningen) included this in their gamification requests. The feature reduces volunteer churn by building a visible identity around peer mentor status, and gives coordinators a lightweight recognition tool without administrative effort. Status badges also serve as an informal engagement health indicator for the organization.

Badges are stored in the achievements and user_achievements tables. A rule engine on the backend evaluates badge eligibility after each activity save, certification event, or summary generation, using a declarative badge definition registry (badge ID, trigger condition, icon asset reference). The Flutter UI renders badge grids in the profile screen using a uniform card widget with locked/unlocked state and an earned-date label. Organizations configure which badges are active via the admin portal Feature Toggles section; badge definitions are fetched as part of the bootstrap response alongside the enabled module set. Push notifications alert the peer mentor when a new badge is earned.