Karlien van Eeden
FounderNational Customer Marketing Channel Manager in FMCG, and a full-time working mom of three (Grade 1, 4 and 6). She lives this problem every day.
Let’s bring every item home.
TagMeHome tags school clothing and valuable school items electronically, so lost property finds its way back to the right child.
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The problem
Lost property costs parents, staff and the school
Parents pay twice
Lost items lose their value and have to be bought again.R2,700–R5,000uniform per child, per year
Staff absorb the frustration
Lost property is handled by hand: sorting, phoning parents and keeping stock.
A pile with no platform
Unclaimed items pile up with no way to match them to a child.
One term in a school’s parent WhatsApp group
14 Jul – 12 Oct 2026 · 13 weeks
- lost & found posts, about 10 a week
- 123
- items confirmed returned
- 1 in 4
- items a year, if every term is like this
- 400+
What goes missing (60 lost reports)
- Clothing16
- Bags & stationery16
- Shoes8
- Sports gear8
- Valuables & personal7
- Bottles & lunchboxes5
Source: one school’s lost & found WhatsApp group for parents, text posts only. Uniform cost is an estimate.
The concept
We’re working on a solution
We tag school clothing and valuable school items electronically, so lost items find their way home.
Privacy first
Built with POPIA in mind. Children’s and parents’ details stay private.
Who we are
Two parents, one plan
Pieter van Heerden
Co-founderProfessional software developer, and a loving dad of two girls, trying to keep it from becoming his problem.
Help us bring every item back home.
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