Bond | The international development network | Elest Ali | Activity https://staging.bond.org.uk/members/elesta/activity/ Activity feed for Elest Ali. Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:28:05 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.20.0 en-GB 30 hourly 2 873e066bc02fe33d816f2610adc685bd Elest Ali posted a new activity comment https://staging.bond.org.uk/activity-feed/p/857/#acomment-864 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:08:03 +0100 The link in the notification email does not take you directly to the poll, it just takes you to the post feed, and you have to scroll down

In reply to - Lucy McCall posted an update in the group Bondies Test Group

How is a poll formatted in an email notification?

Can you click straight through to it from the email?

]]> 37b84601f83e921753227951527e79bc Elest Ali posted an update in the group Bondies Test Group: Syria’s chance for a peaceful, inclusive future must not […] https://staging.bond.org.uk/activity-feed/p/863/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:06:03 +0100 Syria’s chance for a peaceful, inclusive future must not be wasted

July 20, 2026Author: Gloria Leccese-Debney

Syria will undergo its next UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in January.

For those unfamiliar with the process, the UPR is a mechanism of the UN Human Rights Council through which every UN Member State undergoes a peer review of its…

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]]> 0 8bb8ca3d2ab20b48cd23700e8a6aff17 Elest Ali posted an update in the group Bondies Test Group: Last week the FCDO published its […] https://staging.bond.org.uk/activity-feed/p/862/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:05:15 +0100 Last week the FCDO published its FCDO Annual Report & Accounts 2025-26, giving an overview of the department’s programme ODA budget outturns for 2025/26 and forward-looking budgets from 2026/27 – 28/29.

The Annual Report includes a long-awaited list of country allocations for the next three years, making this the first time since the cuts to UK…

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]]> 0 dcfb42b35f7913d36016c7f5a6e2b4f6 Elest Ali posted a new activity comment https://staging.bond.org.uk/activity-feed/p/860/#acomment-861 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:03:24 +0100 I wonder why it says ‘page not found’ in the thumbnail

In reply to - Elest Ali posted an update in the group Bondies Test Group

Here’s a recent blog we put out: https://www.bond.org.uk/news/2026/07/what-do-the-british-public-really-think-about-shifting-the-power/

And here […]

]]> 370fe6204023b74baf13d2a81bfbf540 Elest Ali posted an update in the group Bondies Test Group: Here's a recent blog we put out: […] https://staging.bond.org.uk/activity-feed/p/860/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:02:04 +0100 Here’s a recent blog we put out: https://www.bond.org.uk/news/2026/07/what-do-the-british-public-really-think-about-shifting-the-power/

And here is another: https://www.bond.org.uk/news/2026/07/new-fcdo-annual-report-lays-bare-devastating-cuts-to-the-poorest-and-most-fragile-countries/

And here is some text from that blog with a link in it:

Last…

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]]> 1 656960f6c29bf2b03b0d44ee4cf359a1 Elest Ali posted a new activity comment https://staging.bond.org.uk/activity-feed/p/857/#acomment-859 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:57:58 +0100 I’ve clicked straight through, but that might be because this poll is at the top of the post feed. Will try again after I’ve posted a few things on here.

In reply to - Lucy McCall posted an update in the group Bondies Test Group

How is a poll formatted in an email notification?

Can you click straight through to it from the email?

]]> edebd1615327d264d72e8b51035fcf4d Elest Ali posted a new activity comment https://staging.bond.org.uk/activity-feed/p/852/#acomment-858 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:52:46 +0100 1. Yes, I can see this was posted on the Humanitarian group
2. I can see who posted it
3. the title is showing
4. I recieved it 6 days after you posted it, but it turns out my notification settings for this group is weekly so that might have something to do with it.

In reply to - Rebecca Migration User Test posted an update in the group Humanitarian

Question for everyone who sees this in their inbox

If you have received this notification in your email inbox:

  1. Can you see which group it […]
]]> 8f82d89f478d19d35e95ad3dafc7afb6 Elest Ali posted an update in the group Ethical storytelling: What does the British Public really think about […] https://staging.bond.org.uk/activity-feed/p/856/ Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:12:55 +0100 What does the British Public really think about shifting power and locally led development? The answer may surprise you and you’re invited to hear it first on Monday 22 June.

For decades, international development communications have operated on one core assumption: British audiences need to see crisis and need to give. It felt risky to test it.…

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]]> 0 1feb3dff09bf1ad4c522b3f45b075060 Elest Ali posted a new activity comment https://staging.bond.org.uk/activity-feed/p/799/#acomment-810 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:30:36 +0100 Yay! progress

In reply to - Lucy McCall posted an update in the group Communications

Another test for email notifications. Can you see the attachments in the email digest?

]]> 117f2e1341c5f16a889ae795fc3377bc Elest Ali posted a new activity comment https://staging.bond.org.uk/activity-feed/p/799/#acomment-808 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:10:17 +0100 I got the update for this post. The attachments don’t show in the email digest.

In reply to - Lucy McCall posted an update in the group Communications

Another test for email notifications. Can you see the attachments in the email digest?

]]> 8ca8508bf780113a7570835630f01714 Elest Ali posted a new activity comment https://staging.bond.org.uk/activity-feed/p/804/#acomment-806 Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:58:28 +0100 Will do. Haven’t got anything yet.

In reply to - Lucy McCall posted an update in the group Humanitarian

Testing for notifications


@Elest @Rebecca Do let me know if you receive this via email notification 😀

]]> e8bb675be3448b009e3e4eaa0573271f Elest Ali posted a new activity comment https://staging.bond.org.uk/activity-feed/p/799/#acomment-803 Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:08:50 +0100 I haven’t received an update for this post in my email. The only updates I’ve received so far were my own comments under posts. Are you getting this one?

In reply to - Lucy McCall posted an update in the group Communications

Another test for email notifications. Can you see the attachments in the email digest?

]]> 2f1297da846f5c89707917391e8f190c Elest Ali posted a new activity comment https://staging.bond.org.uk/activity-feed/p/765/#acomment-796 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:52:17 +0100 I’ve received nothing yet

In reply to - Lucy McCall posted an update in the group Humanitarian If you have received this notification in your email inbox:
  1. Can you see which group it has been posted in?
  2. Can you see who has posted it?
  3. Can you see the […]
]]> 06975baf57eccee653df887548e7991f Elest Ali posted a new activity comment https://staging.bond.org.uk/activity-feed/p/762/#acomment-795 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:47:58 +0100 😂

In reply to - Lucy McCall posted an update in the group Humanitarian

Hi @Rach

]]> 91c8dee577ef3e8b48508689c0944460 Elest Ali posted a new activity comment https://staging.bond.org.uk/activity-feed/p/765/#acomment-794 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:43:43 +0100 I haven’t received anything yet. I’ve set this group and communications to ‘all emails’ and the rest to ‘daily’. still waiting

In reply to - Lucy McCall posted an update in the group Humanitarian If you have received this notification in your email inbox:
  1. Can you see which group it has been posted in?
  2. Can you see who has posted it?
  3. Can you see the […]
]]> 2a781d6f1f406797151e87acc7278caf Elest Ali posted an update in the group Communications: if @Rebecca gets an update when I post on this group.. https://staging.bond.org.uk/activity-feed/p/793/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:39:46 +0100 if @Rebecca gets an update when I post on this group..

]]> 0 d2db5c04f338eff1ad163378194dd615 Elest Ali posted a new activity comment https://staging.bond.org.uk/activity-feed/p/790/#acomment-792 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:36:19 +0100 That’s a good point. Let’s see if you get this

In reply to - Lucy McCall posted an update in the group Communications

Every post – realising now that I probably won’t be notified of my own post.

]]> b125936010f4d803a69fdd310576c299 Elest Ali posted an update in the group Testing topics group 1.0: This is a post to see if I'll get an email update as […] https://staging.bond.org.uk/activity-feed/p/791/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:29:57 +0100 This is a post to see if I’ll get an email update as soon as I do a post on here

]]> 0 840996dbec08f0ac260e9f0399023905 Elest Ali posted a new activity comment https://staging.bond.org.uk/activity-feed/p/751/#acomment-756 Tue, 05 May 2026 07:50:32 +0100 This is a fake group! —I created it as a test. So maybe this is happening because Iforgot to set/tick something on the backend?

In reply to - Lucy McCall posted an update in the group Bondies Test Group

This group does not require me to pick a ‘topic’ to share a post – I thought this was a requirement? 🤔

]]> 8d5dd7681adf3b338c0b60b197c21730 Elest Ali posted an update in the group Communications: if we can post on here without picking a topic. https://staging.bond.org.uk/activity-feed/p/755/ Tue, 05 May 2026 07:48:30 +0100 if we can post on here without picking a topic.

]]> 0 01a3b8f29963ccab5b36d36bd74089f5 Elest Ali posted a new activity comment https://staging.bond.org.uk/activity-feed/p/748/#acomment-753 Tue, 05 May 2026 07:43:46 +0100 I can see the post

In reply to - Lucy McCall posted an update in the group Communications

Testing what happens to my post when I leave the group.

]]> 1c20b0f51152907f43579bf8726be60e Elest Ali posted an update in the group Bondies Test Group: Testing https://staging.bond.org.uk/activity-feed/p/720/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:50:55 +0100 Testing

]]> 0 75956c0c8385e54f53e1434c1c68fd6e Elest Ali posted an update in the group Communications: post here and not have to select a theme https://staging.bond.org.uk/activity-feed/p/705/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:32:13 +0100 post here and not have to select a theme

]]> 0 371beacd7b3ec61808ecc0d8626fd6f4 Elest Ali posted an update in the group Communications: this is an announcementthis is an announcement 😡 https://staging.bond.org.uk/activity-feed/p/704/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:26:46 +0100 this is an announcement

this is an announcement 😡

]]> 0 065dcfb50306621eca7068602920423d Elest Ali posted a new activity comment https://staging.bond.org.uk/activity-feed/p/702/#acomment-703 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:23:56 +0100 hello this is great!

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]]> 2a015f71c8d6ab406e6639ce3b52271d Elest Ali posted an update in the group Communications: The unprecedented cuts to ODA and their impact […] https://staging.bond.org.uk/activity-feed/p/680/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 07:40:26 +0100 The unprecedented cuts to ODA and their impact on communities serve as a reminder that the current way of doing funding does not work for the communities it ultimately seeks to serve. Flexible funding provides an alternative which puts people and communities in charge.
]]> 0 4c74dde7a9b49a7e1721078ffa2b895e Elest Ali posted an update in the group Communications: https://staging.bond.org.uk/activity-feed/p/621/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:30:03 +0100 0 cfc8b2145a97539abd190661dda11b86 Elest Ali posted an update in the group Communications: This is a very special document with special things inside https://staging.bond.org.uk/activity-feed/p/618/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:25:27 +0100 This is a very special document with special things inside

]]> 0 d20649b71849ac531669bd10f5a196b2 Elest Ali posted an update in the group Communications: A bird in hand is better than two in a bush. Some […] https://staging.bond.org.uk/activity-feed/p/617/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:54:55 +0100 A bird in hand is better than two in a bush. Some more proverbs:

  • A cat in mittens won’t catch mice
  • To live with wolves you have to howl like one

And now I might add some emojis: 🍕✊

and maybe a quote:

When elephants fight, it’s the grass that get’s hurt <– is this a quote too? bit tempermental!

I’m having trouble with the quote function…I can’t…

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]]> 0 51bbd96da2457a8d4ad4a513e3e47b64 Elest Ali joined the group Communications https://staging.bond.org.uk/activity-feed/p/566/ Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:52:38 +0000 0 8c160d1271572a9fd6fa3dfbb6f260c9 Elest Ali joined the group Testing topics group 1.0 https://staging.bond.org.uk/activity-feed/p/557/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:28:12 +0000 0