Professionals and volunteers dedicated to recovery

Bothwell Matewe is a Counselling Psychologist, addiction specialist, researcher, and mental health advocate with a passion for preventing addiction and promoting psychological well-being. He is the Founder and Executive Director of UNHOOKED Movement, a Zimbabwean organisation dedicated to addiction prevention, mental health promotion, psychological support, research, and recovery.

Drawing from both professional expertise and lived experience of overcoming gambling addiction, Bothwell has committed his career to helping individuals, families, workplaces, and communities understand addiction, overcome its challenges, and rebuild healthier lives. His work focuses on gambling addiction, behavioural addictions, substance use disorders, mental health promotion, and evidence-based interventions.

Through counselling, training, public speaking, research, and advocacy, Bothwell continues to champion compassionate, accessible, and stigma-free mental health and addiction services, with the vision of creating healthier, more resilient communities across Zimbabwe and beyond.

Charles Madhuku leads the technology and digital innovation work behind UNHOOKED Movement. He is responsible for the design, development and continued improvement of the movement's website, applications and software systems, helping turn its programmes and services into accessible digital experiences.

A software engineer and Data Science and Informatics graduate, Charles brings experience in full-stack application development, artificial intelligence, data-driven platforms, API development, payment integrations and system deployment. His work spans modern technologies including Next.js, Angular, TypeScript, Python and Convex.

He is passionate about using reliable, human-centred technology to strengthen the movement's operations, expand its reach and support new approaches to recovery education, community engagement and service delivery.