dub3 card · www.kiva.org
Kiva (2005)
Last updated: see below.
- Cost
- 2 RAM
- Power
- 2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Family
- Institutions
- Era
- Web 2.0 (2003 to 2008)
- Collection
- The Establishment
What it does
Ongoing: If you're losing here, +3 Power to this card.
Ongoing is always on while the card is in play.
It costs 2 RAM to play and brings 2 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.
Institutions cards protect your side, and come back strong when you're losing.
The site, in 2005
A non-profit lending site where people make small loans to entrepreneurs around the world.
Kiva means "unity" in Swahili. Lenders browse borrower profiles and lend from $25, with local partner organisations handing out the money. By March 2016 lenders had funded $827 million in loans.
In 2005: Founded by Matt Flannery and Jessica Jackley after a trip to East Africa. Its first seven loans, worth $3,500, were funded.
Web 2.0 era, 2003 to 2008. Rounded corners, reflections and drop shadows. Everything was social, and everything was in beta.
The Establishment: Governments, universities, libraries and archives. Very official.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2005 page.
Put it on your site
Run Kiva, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1999. Paste this into your page:
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2005, then plays a short scene. Want Kiva in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
