What is Throwaways and Runaway?

According to Colbi (2011) The traditional American dream of owning a home, obtaining a college education, and working at a good, paying job is only that, a dream, for scores of homeless youth in America today. There is a growing street population of young people who have been thrown out of their homes by their caretakers or their families, and who face life-threatening situations each day. For these youth, the furthest thing in their lives is reaching the so-called “American Dream;” and their most immediate need is survival, simply living out the day in front of them. 

Currently, on anglophone countries Runaways and Throwaways is a growing trouble. In America and Europe there some help's programs to try to avoid those cases. An example of this, is Homeless Youth. They're have branches in many parts of the world, one of them is Latin America (see the video)

Sometimes those programs help people and then, they record them to look at the change of their friends. An example is Perry's Story (see the video)

Runaways and throwaways are most vulnerable to falling prey to the sex trade, selling drugs, or being lured into human trafficking, and some steal or panhandle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdAwMCSEu1M  -  Perry's story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvjqBW_422w   -  Homeless youth in Latin America


Source:
-Fernandes A. Runaway and Homeless Youth: Demographics, Programs, and Emerging Issues. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service; 2007.

-U.S. Department of Education. Education for homeless children and youth program: title VII-B of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, non-regulatory guidance. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education; 2004.