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 wish I could delete the conversations of people who don't respond anymore (rather than waiting until the system says they are stale) but other than that its a good site.

Penpal Abbykadabby

30 (Female)

global penfriends is a very good site but I think it will be better if the site was free.

Penpal My.rii

14 (Female)

l love this app! l joined it to make friends and penpals and so far l have two great penpals so thank you !

Penpal MilaMiffy

13 (Female)

Starting my pen pal journey with a hopeful heart which is spurred on by an easy to use website and already reaching out to new friends.

Penpal Gentle reader

56 (Female)

I have met so great people from around the world. Thank you Global Penfriends!

Penpal moon007

61 (Female)

Fun , interesting nd friendly zone , Kind , humble , doesn’t criticize . Getting to know alot of people nd its cool

Penpal Shaz00

24 (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 enjoy learning from new people, about new things, from new places that I might never get to see. Live a little adventure through meeting and making new friends. Plus I love writing letters, well writing Anything really! So it's perfect!

Penpal neonphoenix40

40 (Female)

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)

It’s nice to see so many different people in one place. It can be kind of difficult to get a chain of letters going, but everyone is super nice and the site has great safety features!

Penpal AzaleaGarden

22 (Female)