Sasol, the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) and Qatar Paralympic Committee (QPC) held a VIP gala dinner as part of the ‘Definitely Able’ campaign on Monday evening, where officials discussed the importance of sport for people with disabilities and raising awareness of disabled sports. The dinner was attended by special guests the South African Paralympic basketball team (WSBA) and Arab Idol singer, Mustafa Mohammad, among others. Secretary general of the QOC, HE Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman al-Thani welcomed the guests, including the secretary general of the QPC, Hassan al-Ansari; South African ambassador, Saad Cachalia; and country president of Sasol, Marjo Louw.Sheikh Saoud said: “We seize this opportunity to congratulate all those who are involved in this noble initiative aimed at enabling every person in our society to play a role in the development of our country at all levels. We thank especially the Sasol company, the WSBA as well as the Embassy of South Africa in Doha and the Qatar Paralympic Federation who united to help this initiative succeed.The dinner was also attended by a recent graduate of Canergie Mellon University in Qatar, Raagi al-Hammour, who embodies the message of the campaign, that “Being Disabled means Definitely Able”.Al-Ansari commented: “Awareness and understanding of the availability of paralympic sports and athletes is of major importance to Qatar’s disabled population. We hope ‘Definitely Able’ will play a vital role in raising awareness among the entire population. Living with a disability does not mean you cannot live full and enriched lives.”Louw noted: “Sasol has a long standing reputation of being actively involved within many communities. Their recent ‘with you anything is possible’ campaign is aimed at celebrating innovation, infrastructure investment, skills development and the empowerment of communities.” Group executive of Sasol, Maurice Redebe added: “Through the Definitely Able campaign we will create a better understanding and further raise awareness, that people living with disabilities, have a world of opportunity open to them.”