Mel Gibson - Gibson's Son Helping The Poor In Africa

MEL GIBSON's son WILL is dealing with his parents' divorce by throwing himself into charity work in Africa.

Gibson announced earlier this year (09) that his 28-year marriage to wife Robyn was over and it later emerged the actor was dating Russian singer Oksana Grigorieva, who subsequently revealed she's expecting the Lethal Weapon star's child.

And now, according to a National Enquirer report, 25-year-old Will Gibson - one of the actor's seven kids with Robyn - has fled to Africa to escape the family controversy, and he has been occupying himself by working with nuns to help the poor in the developing world.

A source tells the tabloid, "Will just had to get away from all the madness surrounding his family... It was just too much for him."