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

Great website with lots of features, but you need to pay for extra things which such as seeing who viewed you seeing when they where last on the website messaging a certain amount of times.

Penpal minimochipup

11 (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)

Found like thinking friends across the globe, have a great time conversing on various topics, including, cultures, common interests, day to day life activities, travel, so on...

Penpal CHV

51 (Female)

This website helped me fulfill my dream of connecting with other people and penpalling! The security is great and this website is trustworthy. The only problem is the moderating on profiles. Profile pictures are not reviewed carefully. I uploaded pictures of fruit or drawings and it was rejected, so this part could be better. Other than that this is a great site i love it!!

Penpal Penpalapple83

11 (Female)

Great platform to connect internationally with various people from all around the globe

Penpal MON2222

65 (Female)

Wonderful way of making new friends and learning about cultures from across the globe. I've found it's a really great way to learn languages also

Penpal Felicity_E

24 (Female)

I only made one penpal due to my lack of time but she's great, i love receiving letters and sending them

Penpal Espiral

22 (Female)

I HAVE SO MANY PENPALS BECOUSE OF IT! I LOVE IT. I TALK TO A LOT OF PEOPLE EVERY MONTH, EVERYONE IS VERY RESPECTFULL AND NICE.

Penpal fox.pilot

26 (Female)

Excellent! so much better than expected. Exchanging with some interesting people! Reasonably priced for everyone.

Penpal Diane Fraser

73 (Female)