FOMO (acronym for the English expression Fear of missing out), is the fear of being cut off from everything and of not living up to others’ lives.
The NextGen Community twists this paradigm into the desire not to give up on one's dreams.

FOMO is a photo-issue that, through its images, tells the stories of children and adolescents supported by UNICEF’s programs.
Edition no. 0 of the photographic report, distributed with Vanity Fair in number 51 (on the newsstands on December 18, 2019), is dedicated to young Lebanese and vulnerable Syrian and Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon and taking part in UNICEF’s Innovation Labs.

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    "I would like to become a doctor, but I didn’t study. I would like to become a doctor, but I can't."
    Faiza, 15 years old.

  • FOMO

    "I dream things can change and I strive for it to be so."
    Nadir 27 years old.

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    "I would like to have a room on my own where I could play with my friends."
    Yasmin, 10 years old.

The innovation labs

Most of the children and youth interviewed have been or are still students at UNICEF Business Labs, in Lebanon.

By supporting UNICEF's work, more and more vulnerable children and adolescents can be rescued, protected and enabled to dream of a better future. In Lebanon and wherever they are.

FOMO

Credits

Creative Director: Charley Vezza
Photography: Jim C. Nedd
FOMO Logo, lettering e layout: Sebastiano Mastroeni, Ivan Piperis, Myriam El Assil
Copywriter: Gaia Federighi
Directed by: Caterina Viganò
Sound: Tommaso Simonetta
Original music: Francesco Fantini
Sound design: Gianluca Andreucci
Coordinator and Supervisor: Elisabetta della Croce

Supported by Lavazza Group.

FOMO

Do you want to know more?
Reach us to nextgen@unicef.it