Global Penfriends

Write to pen pals online from 195+ countries — and swap letters by post when you're ready. Safe, secure and family friendly.

Find new International Friends

Our members come from all over the world to make new friends, share their culture, learn a language and talk about travel. Most write to each other through our safe online messaging, and many also enjoy swapping letters, postcards and mail art by post. All ages are welcome, from school age to seniors, in a family-friendly, secure club.

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Message your penpals in our secure online messaging, and swap postal addresses safely if you'd like to write by post too.

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International friendship online and by post

Global Penfriends has been connecting penpals for 30+ years. Send a message to a new friend today.

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Members can select penpals based on common interests such as international friendship, language partners, travel friends and e-pals, plus snail mail, postcard and mail art swaps.

What our members say

Is a great place for ppl to meet new ppl habd make new friends and share interests and hobbies with one another

Penpal Frogeatscheese

16 (Female)

I love this website. It gave me the opportunity to see the other side of the world, and I've made many friends. I feel lucky to have opened this website in 2023. It gave me the opportunity to communicate with people from different cultural backgrounds and share things we both like. I feel incredibly happy about this. Perhaps this is some kind of destiny guiding me? In any case, I'm grateful for the existence of this website. 我很喜欢这个网站,它给我看见世界另一端的机会,我也认识了很多朋友,我感到幸运,在23年打开了这个网站,我有了和不同文化背景人们的交流机会,分享着我们共同喜欢的事物,我对此感到无比的幸福,这或许也是冥冥之中命运的指引吗?无论如何,感谢这个网站的存在

Penpal YuJie

18 (Female)

Id recommend this site for anyone wanting to make friends all over the world and for introverted people like myself

Penpal AliceInWonderland31

31 (Female)

I have found a great friend, I'm glad to be a member. Thank you all for this Chanel, that like us with great people.

Penpal Nadir2023

57 (Female)

I love the site and how it has personal approval of profiles, I have built friendship and I also have undesired profiles remove without me stepping in. thanks for such safe and wonderful site.

Penpal BetweenTheLines

45 (Female)

Mi experiencia es genial en Global Penfriends! He hecho amigos de todas partes, y es tan respetuoso todo, diez de puntaje 🫶🏽

Penpal mile1

32 (Female)

Global Penpals has been a good experience for me. I found a great friend and penpal very quickly and we are enjoying getting letters snail mail,

Penpal Anya Isabeau

75 (Female)

This site helps to improve your lanuages without even trying.You get to know people from all around the world and learn about their culture

Penpal Eraaa77

20 (Female)

Before joining Global PenFriends I had looked other options that are available. I love the checks that are done for safety. The cost is what i can afford. To put a price on friendship I understand there needs to be some but thankfully this site makes it affordable for lonely people to chat to other lonely people in the world.

Penpal Scots porridge

56 (Female)

I have used this service for years and never had any trouble just wonderful service. Use it to make friends from around the world that last for years.

Penpal Alberta Mouse

80 (Female)