Tesselaarsdal is a small community located about 23km outside of Caledon on the Hemel and Aarde road and EMS with the Police, Traffic, and other services was invited to the 2024 Library open day. Tesselaarsdale falls in the Theerwaters Kloof district municipality.

The annual library week is part of an international event that takes place between 18 and 22 March each year. This event is marked by bringing awareness to the reading needs of the communities such as Teselarsdal.

Unlike conventional libraries, this small library provides to this community free internet, makes photocopies, provides email assistance, draws up CVs, and includes grant payments. This library deals with children with learning difficulties, bullying, and social work referrals where families are in need. The library has created a program to assist adults with realizing their self-worth in themselves and their communities.

The library has a holiday program that will be starting as soon as the schools close for the Easter break, which includes games for the youth up to learning how to do hair, nails, and much more. The feeding scheme that this library provides has a huge impact on the young people of this community by keeping them fed regularly.

This library is currently being run by Mrs. Jonelda Williams and her two EPWP members (Expanded Public Works Programme) Mrs. Simonay September and Mrs.Athena van Tonder. This group further helps youth development with a school leavers program that aims to prepare young adults for the corporate world. They focus on how to greet, speak, neatness, hygiene, dress codes, presentation in public and so much more to get these young adults ready to be employed.

The College of Emergency Care with Caledon Rescue, Caledon Operations, and Caledon control room in conjunction with the South African Police and Provincial Traffic was invited to bring awareness to the community of Tesselaarsdal about the emergency services that are provided.

The day was festive with introductions from all the emergency services giving their backgrounds and functions to the communities. This event for us was a meagre look into the time and work that these 3 members puts in daily to serve their community. The Theerwaters kloof Liabrary in Tesselaarsdal has become more than just an institute to read books, but more of a home for young and old in this small farm community.

The District Municipality Disaster Centre hosted a “Fighting inequality for a resilient future” on Friday, 13 October 2023. The event was open to all high school learners and the public in the Moorreesburg area.

The provincial rescue services demonstrated to the attendees how a vehicle is dismantled in the context of persons trapped. The fire department set the car alight after the rescue demonstration were done and they displayed their skills on how to handle and extinguish vehicle fires. The department of fisheries had a display on shoreline creatures and the law related to fishing and collection of shellfish and any information that were asked regarding their line of work. The College of Emergency Care (CEC) displayed Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) manikins and an airway manikin that were ventilated and furthermore displayed the CEC training ambulance with all advanced equipment. All questions that came from the children were answered.

At the Fisantekraal High School Career Day the team was met with great enthusiasm and excitement, from both learners and staff alike. The friendliness and keenness to interact with the team was inspiring. From being able to demonstrate anatomical locations of the trachea and esophagus, tips on basic first aid, to answering questions on end-of-life care, learners were eager and invested to learn as much as they could, with there never being a moment of silence. Learners loved interacted with the manikin, watching it breathe and played with various tools we use daily. From the questions, it was clear that the learners had real-life experiences to which our information would prove beneficial in the future. We felt privileged to have been part of this event and hopefully inspiring a few learners to consider becoming prehospital emergency care practitioners in the future.