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| nickname = Association SNAP
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'''Social Network for Assistance to People''' (informally '''Association SNAP''')<ref>{{cite news|title=রাজ্যে সেই তিমিরেই মুসলিমরা|url=http://www.epaper.eisamay.com/epapermain.aspx?queryed=9&eddate=6/1/2014|accessdate=6 June 2014|publisher=[[Ei Samay Sangbadpatra]]|date=2 June 2014|ref=Ei Samay}}</ref> is a [[Non-profit organization|non-profit]], registered organization to provide required services to all minorities in [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Seven years after Sachar Report, no change in condition of Muslims in WB: New study|url=http://twocircles.net/2014jun01/seven_years_after_sachar_report_no_change_condition_muslims_wb_new_study.html#.U5H5ZfmSxZs|accessdate=6 June 2014|publisher=[[Two Circles]]|date=1 June 2014}}</ref> It is a non-profitable, [[non-political]], [[non-governmental organization]] to arrest division in society and to propagate harmony in the society.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hintli Müslümanların durumu iç karartıcı|url=http://www.timeturk.com/tr/2014/06/06/hintli-muslumanlarin-durumu-ic-karartici.html|accessdate=6 June 2014|publisher=Time Turk|date=6 June 2014|language=Turkish}}</ref> The organization became notable for the most comprehensive field-level survey on the socio-economic status of Muslims living in West Bengal which was released on 31 May 2014 by Bengali poet [[Sankha Ghosh]] and writer [[Nabanita Dev Sen]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Bengal's Muslims worse off: study|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/bengals-muslims-worse-off-study/article6071068.ece|accessdate=2 June 2014|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=June 1, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Status of Bengal Muslims still dismal|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/status-of-bengal-muslims-still-dismal/|accessdate=2 June 2014|publisher=[[Indian Express]]|date=June 1, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Survey reveals sorry state of Muslims|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Survey-reveals-sorry-state-of-Muslims/articleshow/35912808.cms|accessdate=2 June 2014|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=Jun 2, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=রাজ্যের মুসলিমদের জীবন, জীবিকা নিয়ে রিপোর্ট পেশ|url=http://www.aajkaal.net/01-06-2014/news/221921/|accessdate=6 June 2014|publisher=[[Aajkaal]]|date=2 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Muslims lack opportunity in India's West Bengal|url=http://www.aa.com.tr/en/news/340361--muslims-lack-opportunity-in-indias-west-bengal|accessdate=6 June 2014|agency=[[:tr:Anadolu Ajansı]]|publisher=World Bulletin|date=5 June 2014}}</ref>

==History==
Association SNAP was formed in April 2008 under West Bengal Societies Registration act XXVI of 1961.<ref>{{cite news|title=মুসলিমদের নিয়ে সমীক্ষা|issue=829|publisher=[[Kalom]]|date=1 June 2014}}</ref>
[[File:Statusofbengalimuslim.jpg|thumbnail|right|Poet [[Sankha Ghosh]] and litterateur [[Nabaneeta Dev Sen]] releasing the report.]]
==Objectives==
The objectives of Association SNAP is to provide required services to all minorities in the state of West Bengal which includes providing information to minority community regarding different Central Govt. and State Govt. schemes and many other educational, training and job-oriented schemes. They are also planning to take more proactive steps to uplift the minority condition in the state in association with both Government and private agencies and larger section of people from minority society.

According to SNAP, they offer detail assistance with information including required details about the [[scholarships]], [[education loan]]s, available hostels, [[dormitories]], boarding to the students desperately seeking to overcome the hurdles on their educational journey in [[West Bengal]].<ref name=official />

==Vision==
To help the whole minority community come out of the quagmire of poverty and educational backwardness, and encourage, enlighten and prepare all its members to be useful citizens who will contribute to make a prosperous, healthy and strong nation.<ref name=official>{{cite web|title=SNAP's Objective & Vision|url=http://www.snapbengal.org/|website=www.snapbengal.org|publisher=Official Website|accessdate=6 June 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.snapbengal.org/ Official Website]

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