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Where friendships
cross borders.

Yaluwo connects international students studying in the United States with others from their home country. Drag the globe. Click a continent to spark a friendship.

See how it works
.edu only
Verified identity
195+
Country circles
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No feed, no noise
The story

Every arc on the globe is a real friendship between international students.

Yaluwo — meaning "friends"in Sinhala — gives international students studying in the US a space that isn't another feed. It's a map of real people finding each other across home countries and campuses.

Country-first belonging

Your home country is your community. A Sri Lankan student in NYC belongs to the Sri Lanka circle — because home is an anchor, not a pin.

Verified & structured

Only .edu emails. Connection requests, not follows. Safer conversations, no performance, no noise.

Friendships you can see

When two students from different countries talk enough to become real friends, a new arc lights up the globe. You're looking at it.

Built for the in-between.

From the day you arrive on campus to the day you graduate — Yaluwo is where the people who get it find you back.

01

Sign in with your university email

We verify your .edu address and auto-detect your university so the right people can find you.

02

Join your country community

Every student has one home circle — grounded, meaningful, moderated. Group chat included.

03

Send structured connection requests

One intro message, 100 words max. No follows, no feeds, no noise. Just intentional friendships.

04

Watch the globe grow

Real cross-border friendships become new arcs on the live atlas. The map celebrates real bonds.

Your people are already here.

Join the atlas. Find your country circle. Make a friendship that lights up the globe.