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

This app/website is very good. Its easy to use and navigate. The people ive met here are very kind and its cool to meet new people from other cultures!

Penpal XoxoMochi13

13 (Female)

This website has helped me make friends from all over the world, the rules they implement help ensure that everyone is safe!

Penpal breadandmilk

20 (Female)

I really like that GPS keeps the platform well-monitored, safe, and clean. It provides a great environment for finding connections. Going forward, I would love to see a larger variety of penpals to choose from in my category, but overall it remains a wonderfully reliable site.

Penpal Cynthia W

66 (Female)

I'm so glad I found this website for sending letters and learning new stories from people all over the world; it's a new hobby I'm really enjoying. Me alegra haber encontrado esta pagina web para enviar cartas y conocer nuevas historias de personas de diferentes partes del mundo, es un nuevo hobbie que estoy disfrutando

Penpal Willow30

29 (Female)

Sadly have not connected with many people willing to share their life experiences or cultural differences

Penpal Fleur57

72 (Female)

Lovely way to connect with new friends all over the world. I look forward to receiving messages from my friends.

Penpal ChapterTwo

57 (Female)

I love meeting new people, it's amazing! It's nice talking to people that have similar interests to me :)

Penpal alykz

16 (Female)

This platform is great for connecting with and finding new penpals fromndifferent parts of the world. 10/10

Penpal Biscuit2001

25 (Female)

This site is so easy to use, even for someone like me who is very versed in technology. I am hoping to find friends from all walks of life to share cultural experiences among other things

Penpal Morkai

46 (Female)

I wasn't sure what to expect when I first joined but I've made several wonderful friends & it's been a great experience so far.

Penpal MauMom

75 (Female)