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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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’ve found a few amazing friends through this site and it’s always felt much safer than others.10/10

Penpal Elizabethpaints

19 (Female)

Encountered some super amazing people here. Some of them are my buddies now. I am really thankful to team GPF for this platform

Penpal Almost Enlightened

42 (Female)

This is amazing! I had no friends when i joined. Now i have like 30! Premiem is worth it ! I get to send letters and packages to other kids my age!

Penpal SummerGirly

11 (Female)

I like global penfriends because it allows you to get to know people in a safe way. It's fun to write to people from different countries. That way you learn more about the world.

Penpal Laaar

20 (Female)

Wonderful way of making new friends and learning about cultures from across the globe. I've found it's a really great way to learn languages also

Penpal Felicity_E

24 (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)

Global Penfriends is by far my fav website...it's really good and safe.. i found my penfriend from this website i connect with her real often.. i highly recommende for poeple who are looking for a life time best friend.

Penpal Winter moonveil

14 (Female)

It works great and helps me find people out there in the world that I can talk to and learn from. It’s a really amazing website.

Penpal castian22

13 (Female)

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

Penpal Mazzarine30

65 (Female)

Can't wait to connect with my new pen pal and learning even more about the different cultures of the world.

Penpal Geeeehaw

32 (Female)