David Avilla, operating under the name "Advocate for Orphans International" in Gilroy, CA, is licensed as neither an adoption agency nor adoption facilitator in California.

This means he is operating illegally.

Avilla also operates under the name "Hands of Hope" and "The Stork" (the latter operated by George Kokhno).

Avilla operates "summer camp" programs, bringing children to the United States. It appears that he tries to "sell" the children to several families, in hopes of collecting several sets of fees.

As an adoption facilitator, there is not much Avilla can actually do anyway. Traditionally, facilitators have been unpaid; the notion of licensing paid facilitators is relatively new, and only a few states permit them to operate.

As an unlicensed, but paid, facilitator, Avilla is nothing but trouble. Several families have already had an adoption collapse because of his unethical practices.

Avoid him! He harms families and orphans!