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

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)

This is the best penpal site ever. I have found a couple of amazing friends, from US, Scotland. Hope to find more. So much fun!

Penpal StraightArrow

70 (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)

I think this website gives me a chance to meet people from other countries. I can learn more about their cultures and understand different countries better.

Penpal wxl

17 (Female)

I think your website is very useful for meeting new people. The safety and privacy features definitely stand for a large part of my love for this website.

Penpal Bugsinrugs

16 (Female)

This app seems pretty legit

Penpal Notquite1234

17 (Female)

I really think this is an amazing site, I've meet wonderful people I didn't have any unpleasant interactions with a person, all the people I've met are so wonderful

Penpal docedeamendoim

16 (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)

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

Penpal Mazzarine30

65 (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)