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

I love this app, I have made many friends all over the world on it, accepting of ND people and all types of people, I'm 14 and I absolutely love this

Penpal Dixie loo la

13 (Female)

I really enjoyed it, but I would like it better if there was a possibility to give out a mail point other than my address. It might be only because I don't know how to do it, though, i'm pretty new to penpalling. But, as a new penpaller, I really like this website because you can meet people a little more easily and safely than on social media, and there isn't the wait time before recieving the letter as for other penpalling apps.

Penpal Gagae

18 (Female)

It has always been a good and convenient site. I would like to give it another try. Various countries are presented

Penpal Kate73

52 (Female)

So far I have made a few friends and everything is going well. I don't have any complaints and haven't had any problems.

Penpal DiBell

49 (Female)

I like how the website is structured but I wish you could see when the last time people were active. I keep smiling people and I usually get responses like they haven't been active for a while. Id love this to become an app so I can get notifications, plus logging in everytime I open the site is kind of annoying. But I've had lots of success with gaining pen pals!! Love this site it's my go to for snail mail

Penpal Ditzy loo

19 (Female)

I have been able to make atleast one foreign friend and she is amazing. I love the safety efforts put into making sure that everyone using the website is safe and that I am able to build an actual trusting foundation before my penpal and I take communication further than just the website.

Penpal Lia VD

19 (Female)

I love global penfriends. I wanted to make new friends across the world and this website has been a blessing. The communication feels safe because of the vetting. I have made a best friend from another country and am so thankful for this website.

Penpal Sunlitcanvas

26 (Female)

This is a fun cite to connect with others from around the world. It can be a tad overwhelming, so you need to be organized and remember what you wrote to several different people. I wish there was a way to keep track of interactions and maybe there is if you pay the membership fees.

Penpal CatLady62

63 (Female)

It is a great experience got to know about the culture and many more.Looking forward to more such encounters

Penpal Tsu8i

22 (Female)

I signed up for global pen friends as a project with my English class and was able to receive mail from10 different countries. It was very special.

Penpal Miss Hannah

18 (Female)