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Hazel Ayanga
Hazel Ayanga is a Kenyan theologian and an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious studies at Moi University, Eldoret, Uasin Gishu, Kenya.She is well known for her work on the care and empowerment of orphans and vulnerable children and women affected by HIV/AIDS.Ayanga researches on spirituality in clinical settings.religion an change in Africa and the centrality of ritual in human life

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Early Life
Hazel Ayanga w was born to Rev. John Ayanga and the late Rev. Rita Ayanga on 10th January 1952 at Luanda village, Vihiga County,Kenya. She is a member of the Anglican church of Kenya

Education
Hazel graduated with a post-graduate diploma in Librarianship in 1977 from the University of Wales at Aberystwyth in Cardiff, Wales. Through a scholarship awarded to her from the University of Nairobi, she graduated with a Master of Arts in Religious Studies in 1986. Her research was on Internal movements in the Anglican Diocese of Maseno North:with Special reference to East African Revival Movement. She advanced her studies and earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Religious Studies from Moi University in 1999. Her doctoral thesis was on the secularization process and its impact on Christianity in Eldoret. Her research interests are on the care and empowerment of Orphans and Vulnerable children and women affected by HIV/AIDS. Thus, her post-doctoral studies at Yale University were in the area of [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263565201_Women_Religion_and_HivAids_in_Africa_Responding_to_Ethical_and_Theological_Challenges_-_Edited_by_Teresia_M_Hinga_Anne_Nkirote_K/ubai_Philomena_Mwaura_and_Hazel_AyangaTheological&#x20;responses&#x20;to&#x20;HIV/&#x20;AIDS. Theological responses to HIV/ AIDS.]

Career Life
With her post-graduate diploma in library, Hazel began her career journey as a senior librarian at Kenya National Library Services, Nairobi from 1975 to 1983. She then joined Kenyatta University as an Assistant Librarian in 1987. Hazel began her university teaching career as a tutorial fellow in the department of religion at Moi University in 1989. She rose through the academic ranks over the years and became an Associate Professor of Religious Studies in the department of Philosophy, Religion and Theology at Moi University, Kenya in 2009. Among the many courses she taught at the University include: Comparative Religion, Phenomenology of Religion, Contemporary Religious Thought, History of Christianity, History of the Development of Christian Doctrine, Women and Religion, Religion and Society, Emerging Theologies, Theories of Religion, Introduction to the Study of Religion, Introduction to Faith and Reason, Introduction to the Study of Philosophy and Religion, Interreligious Dialogue and Research Methods. Her current research interest is on Spirituality in Clinical settings, Religion and change in Africa and the centrality of ritual in human life.

Awards
Hazel was awarded Research Fellowship (African Christianity project) by the Centre for the Study of Christianity in the Non-Western World (currently The Centre for the Study of World Christianity)     , School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh in 1996. In 2003, she earned a Course Competition Award from the Centre for Theology and Natural Sciences (CTNS) in Berkeley, California. She also won the Indiana University Health and Values grant in 2019.

Leadership
Throughout her career life, Hazel has held different leadership positions in academic and theological fields. Hazel was the head of department of Philosophy, Religion and Theology in Moi University between 2003 and 2005.

Between 2004 and 2005, she was an external examiner, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Nairobi, Distant Education. She also served in the same capacity in Kenyatta University from 2010 to 2013. Since September 2020 to date, she was an external examiner for religion in the Department of Social Science Education at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya.

Hazel has served in the following boards,School of Arts and Social Sciences, Moi University in the International Students Board between 2009 and 2018. She served as a member of the advisory committee to All African Conference of Churches (AACC) between 2008 and 2018.

Hazel is the chairperson of the board of National Chaplaincy Training Centre (NCTC).

Hazel served as a member of the Board of Governors, Ebunangwe Secondary School in Vihiga County, Kenya between 2003 and 2005. She was the vice-chairperson, Hill School Parents’ Teacher Association (PTA) in Eldoret between 1999 and 2001. Hazel also served as the chairperson, Uasin Gishu Children’s services forum in Uasin Gishu, Kenya from 2006 to 2014.

Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians
Hazel served as the coordinator, Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians, Eastern Africa Region from 2007 to 2019. In her view, the legacy of the Circle lay in becoming the voice of the voiceless hence her phenomenal work titled, "Voice of the voiceless: The legacy of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians."

Selected works
1. Ayanga, H.O (1986) Internal movements in the Anglican Diocese of Maseno North: With Special reference to the East African Revival Movement - erepository.uonbi.ac.ke

2. Ayanga, H. O. (1996). Violence against women in african oral literature as portrayed in proverbs.

3. Ayanga, H. (2008). Hospitality in the Context of Interfaith Relations. Deepening Faith, Hope and Love in Relations with Neighbors of Other Faiths, 2.

4. Ayanga, H. (2002). Conflict as a Consequence of Secularisation: Its Impact on the Lives and Experiences of Women in Africa.

5. Ayanga, H. (2008). Waging peace: The role of religion in reconciliation process. religion and politics in Africa, 112-123.

6. Ayanga, H. (2008). Religio-cultural challenges in women’s fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa. Women, religion and HIV/AIDS in Africa: Responding to ethical and theological challenges, 34-48.

7. Bongmba, E. (2011). Women, Religion and Hiv/Aids in Africa: Responding to Ethical and Theological Challenges–Edited by Teresia M. Hinga, Anne Nkirote Kubai, Philomena Mwaura, and Hazel Ayanga. Religious Studies Review, 1(37), 74-74.

8. Mashau, T. D. (2011). Women, religion and HIV/AIDS in Africa: responding to ethical and theological challenges, TM Hinga, AN Kubai, P. Mwaura & H. Ayanga (Eds.). In die Skriflig, 45(4), 968-970.

10. Ayanga, H.O 2015, African cosmologies past and present In Science, Religion and Society (pp.325-331).Rutledge

11. Ayanga, H.O 2016, Voice of the voiceless:The legacy of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians. Verbum et Ecclesia, 37(2),1-6 a1580. http://dx

12.  Maua,A.C, Ayanga, H & J, Kahinga  H Christian teachings on Marriage and its impact on Customary Marriage among the Iteso of North Teso - African Journal of Education, Science -ajest.info

10. Ayanga, H.O 2022, Investigation of Church Based Peace Building Models in Selected Churches in Kericho- British Journal of Multidisciplinary turd.org

11. Rutto, F,Ayanga, H & Ngure, S. 2020 The Social Impact of Christianity on Marakwet Traditional Funeral Rites - African Journal of Education, Science and …, ajest.info

12.Simion.K.Koech J.& Aanga H (2022). An invesigaion of Church Based eace Buildin Modelsin Seleceted Chrchesin Kericho County British Journal of Muilitidiscilinary and advanced Studies 3(1)1-10.

13. Kamaara,E.,Nyongesa,P.,  Ayanga,H., Choge-Kerama,J.E., Chelagat,D., Koech,J.K., Mraja,M.,  Chemorion,K.E., Mothaly,J., Kiyiapi,L.,  Katwa,J., Odunga, J. & James Lemons,J. (2020), “Hospital-based Spiritual Care for Mothers of Neonates at RMBH in Eldoret, Kenya: A Situational Analysis”, in Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, Vol. 7(2)