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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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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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

Global Penfriends is an excellent website for anyone looking for penpals friends all over the world.

Penpal RayofLight

59 (Female)

Penpal-ing and making friends are my favorite things to do. I still remember the first letter I had ever sent and ever received, it was the best feeling in the world. Without Global Penfriends, none of that would have been possible. So thank you GP, for making this experience memorable, fun, and safe.

Penpal bamallama dingdong

17 (Female)

met a couple of people I now consider as friends. We share a great deal of our lives and its nice to chat with those who have the same interests as myself.

Penpal Peachesa54

71 (Female)

I like the website a lot. It is very convenient and easy to use. It's really nice to meet new people this way

Penpal AngelaNL

23 (Female)

I’ve used this site to find people super easy and fun way to meet new people. I like how you can customize what type of people yu want to meet what location and age like yours

Penpal BonBon222

22 (Female)

this website is amazing, i wish more people jnew about it . It'd be nice as an app with a call feature and notifications because i rarely use my mail

Penpal starstruck11

15 (Female)

The perfect place to meet people and to improve foreign languages. Sharing such experience is unvaluable

Penpal Mazzarine30

65 (Female)

I got the best friends through GPF. It was an experience that connected me with people I might never have met otherwise. At first, I joined for the program itself, but what stayed with me was the friendships. We worked together, shared ideas, and supported each other in different tasks. Over time, those connections grew stronger, and I realized that GPF gave me more than just knowledge or activities. It gave me friends I can share my thoughts, people who understand me and stand by me. Looking back, I see that the most valuable outcome of GPF was not only the program but the lasting friendships I gained.😀

Penpal xiaoshen

17 (Female)

I made a lot of friends on this site who love to share their experiences, I lost some of them, I found others, they are all writing in international languages, that s why it is so simple to be in contact wirh eachother.

Penpal red seastar

72 (Female)

I met some of the nicest and smartest people ever!!! It also helped a lot with breaking down stereotypes and learning about someone else's culture

Penpal Teodora1122

13 (Female)