Melissa and Hykie Berg (Team Berg)
Age: 31
Hometown: The beautiful Pretoria
Occupation: Hyks: Afrikaans Actor and Dr Conrad Bester in the soapie “Binnelanders’’; Motivational Speaker and MC; Founder of Hope In Action(NPO) & Ambassador for Attooh True Wealth academy & Social Entrepreneur Melissa: Social Entrepreneur; Part time kickboxing Coac
About me:
We are a young, dynamic, fun and sporty and outdoorsy kind of couple who absolutely love hiking; tanning & thai food and helping people. We reside in the east of Pretoria with our three dog schnauzer children and our chameleon Illy. The bushveld is definitely our home away from home & autobiographies are our favourite read. My wife is very inspired by Lewis Pugh and & myself by Nelson Mandela. I’m an ultimate Survivor and Melissa lives by "tried we must be, triumphant we shall be”. We are happy, grounded and fun couple, who are very family orientated and who passionately love God.
Sporting bio:
Mel:
- Part of the South African Kickboxing team
- Represented South Africa at the WAKO Kickboxing World Champs in Dublin, Ireland in 2015
- South African Kickboxing Champion 2015 and silver medalist in 2016
- Brown Belt Kickboxer
- 21km & 42km running race completer.
- 5 x Midmar Mile swimmer
Hykie:
- Does participating on Survivor South Africa in 2011 count as a sporting event? ….lol…man because that is the toughest thing I have ever done Mentally & Physically and by the grace of God I won.
Reason for taking challenge:
God only gave us this one life and one planet to live on . We have to preserve what we have now, so that our children have the chance to experience our beautiful country and world someday. We think the Rhino Peak challenge will create so much awareness and education around not only the rhinos but the bearded vultures as well as we personally think that very few people are aware of the fact that bearded vultures are being poisoned. Both are hearts lie with ALL animals and we will do anything to try and make a difference where we can and create as much awareness as possible. My green eyed beauty is definitely the bush baby in our marriage, her heart and passion is with animals and rescuing each and every one that needs saving. We ask everybody to PLEASE pledge and help TEAM Berg & all the other participants to be the voice for the bearded vultures and rhinos, dead and alive. Stand with us and let us stand united and fight for animal rights & let us save this beautiful earth God gave us.