How to fight against poverty?

Yesterday, me and my friend were discussing poverty. He told me that he recently visited the mission humanitaire of Benin where he saw that a large number of people are suffering from poverty which is a very serious issue for the economic development of the country. But this mission humanitaire people are striving so hard to give the local people all the facilities and to get a better life. He also told me the website http://www.mission-humanitaire-afrique.org to see how they are working.