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

Hii, Ive been using this site for quite some time now and i have never faced any technical glitch or anything i have also succeeded in making 2 actual good friends so tysmm

Penpal Lia zhang

16 (Female)

Very good nice people. Thank you GPF!

Penpal christinemcnab

66 (Female)

I like coming here often to see new friends, I like postcards and it's nice to exchange them. Gosto de está sempre vindo aqui para ver os novos amigos gosto de cartão postal e é bom trocar com eles

Penpal Mila lopes

20 (Female)

I've found some awesome and amazing pen pals on here! It's easy to use and easy to manage online. Easy to understand and a lot of fun!

Penpal s.foster88

37 (Female)

It's a really fun way to experience new kind of people in this website!! Really worth trying for people who wanna explore penpalling and also a unique way to make friends ( ´∀` )

Penpal Astro Boy

15 (Female)

I absolutely love using this site to make penpals and friends! I have met some amazing people here and have sent several letters. If you are hesitant on getting started, don't! I'll be using this for the rest of my life if it is around still too haha. 20/10

Penpal Guttz

28 (Female)

this website has really helped me to be able to get in touch with all sorts of people and understand more about different cultures and areas

Penpal calico16

17 (Female)

This website is good for making friends all over the world, For example, I want to make friends with someone who speaks French.

Penpal EarthGirl

43 (Female)

This website allowed me to learn from the people I engaged with; knowing that people come from different culture and backgrounds. The struggles of everyday life and how they are coping with it made me feel I am not alone. Just being there, writing to each other makes one feel that even the smallest things matters….knowing you have a mail.;)

Penpal Cambria

59 (Female)

Ive been here about several months, and I have very nice pen pals i regularly keep in touch with. The variety of countries is very good. My pen pals write with a nice frequency and always have interesting things to say. Always enjoy getting a pen friends mail in my mailbox!

Penpal Silvana0626

55 (Female)