Global Penfriends

Find Snail mail and internet friends from around the world. Safe, secure and family friendly.

Find new International Friends

Our penpals are from all over the world, interested in new friendships, exchanging culture, learning a language, travel and education. Our snail mail members enjoy exchanging Letters, Postcards, Mail-Art, Candy and much more. Global Penfriends is a family friendly, secure place to meet new pen pals. All ages are welcome (School age to Seniors) Correspond by old fashioned snail mail or internet.

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Start Writing

Correspond with your penpals via our secure online messaging system or start sending letters to your penpal by post and become snail mail pen pals.

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International friendship by Post or Internet

Global Penfriends has been connecting Penpals by post and internet for over 25 years. Start writing a letter or send a message to a new friend today.

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Popular Penpal Groups

Members can select penpals based on common interests such as, international friendship, snail mail exchange, language partner, travel friends, candy swaps, mail art, parcel exchange, postcard exchange.

What our members say

I enjoy using this site regularly; it allows me to make wonderful friends, both online and in person. I recommend it. J'aime utiliser régulièrement ce site, il me permet de faire de belles rencontres amicales et virtuelles. Je recommande..

Penpal Jill77

48 (Female)

Global Penfriends is good. We can connect with people and start writing and this can help to build connection slowly

Penpal Ihu

35 (Female)

Great platform to connect internationally with various people from all around the globe

Penpal MON2222

65 (Female)

Around a year or two ago, I met a girl from France on this site and we chatted online for a while, realising we had lots in common and that it was really fun to chat about differences in Scottish and French culture, music, food, school etc. We sent each other physical mail and i still have the pictures she sent and the zine she made me up on my wall. We now text and voice message every couple weeks!!! So glad I used globalpenfriends!!!

Penpal lettersfromemxx

18 (Female)

i joined last year after seeing videos of people writing to their penpals and receiving pretty letters, and it was so easy and fun to set up an account. I think the system in which the website works is really cool too. And it's very safe and accessible, and i've met some of my closest friends on here which just opens so many doors, so i really really recommend!!

Penpal lunarblossom

14 (Female)

I have been writing paper letters to many countries since childhood. There is a large selection of friends, everything is clearly organized. There are photos, maps, information about new friends and much more. I have found great friends here and I am grateful for that. I like reading about their countries, their interests. I would recommend this application to everyone. It is a very friendly environment.

Penpal Idina

71 (Female)

I've made many friends using this site, it's easy to navigate too.I highly recommend Global Penfriends 👌

Penpal Voyage voyage

55 (Female)

I met some of my actual penpals, with whom I am still in contact after almost two years. BEST site to meet people safely

Penpal mevveyh

16 (Female)

I like that you can just find a friend to write to and just discuss whatever you want. People are friendly and have different experiences to offer.

Penpal Twocats

58 (Female)

This is an excellent resource to obtain snail mail penpals, thanks! I have conversed back and forth at least once with three new people so far. Experiences have been positive.

Penpal K1985

40 (Female)