Landing in Brazil and I’m tired from the sleepless night flight and taking in the atmosphere of a whole new country. Plane journeys are exhausting when you think that you’re keeping it in the air with the power of your mind!

About the author: Award-winning actress Jo Joyner is backing CAFOD’s calls for people in Britain to stand by families in the poorest communities of Brazil. Jo,whose work includes No Angels, Dr Who and most notably her role as Tanya in Eastenders, has spent the last week visiting community projects supported by CAFOD in Brazil’s largest city, São Paulo, and films of her visit will be featured throughout the week on ITV’s Daybreak programme.

Hundreds of tower blocks greet us and five-lane traffic is the norm – it is like Wacky Races. I decide it’s best not to watch and so I put my faith in our trusty…