The Queen's Baton Relay 2010 Delhi celebrated the spirit of the XIX Commonwealth Games, which are the first-ever ‘Green Commonwealth Games' with a 200 years old tortoise, Jonathan, who is St. Helena's oldest inhabitant.

One of the main highlights of the Queen's Baton Relay 2010 Delhi, has been its prominent message of ‘Green Games' and its stress on environment protection. At St. Helena, the baton emphasized the same message strongly by visiting a Plantation House to see Jonathan the tortoise. Jonathan is not only the oldest island inhabitant but is also said to be the oldest of its kind. He came to St. Helena in 1882 when he was 52 years old. He resides in the gardens of Plantation House, the Governors residence along with 5 other giant tortoises and he weighs about 200kg.

After an epic journey across the Atlantic ocean on board the RMS St Helena, the Queen's Baton 2010 Delhi reached the world's most isolated island; Saint Helena. The entire island showed up to greet the Queen's Baton amongst a lot of cheering and hooting. Governor of Saint Helena, Governor Gurr was the first to receive the Queen's Baton before it was passed to the school children who had lined the 699 steps, Jacobs Ladder to the top.

The Baton then went on to cheer and bring joy to the older generation when it visited an old age home and was greeted by the oldest resident of Saint Helena, Hilda Clingham aged 99 years and 7 months, who also has the distinction of holding the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Baton. The Baton travelled through the length and breadth of the picturesque island and was carried by the residents and athletes in a highly charged and happy atmosphere.

The historical island, Britain's second oldest remaining colony has seen the exile of Napoleon Bonaparte, Dinuzulu KaCetshwayo and over 5,000 Boer prisoners.

Queen's Baton Relay 2010 Delhi has pledged its strong support to the Government of Zambia for its fight against drug abuse amongst the youth of the country. The Government of Zambia rallied around the excitement generated on arrival of the Queen's Baton Relay 2010 Delhi and embarked on an ambitious programme in schools and other educational institutions for its anti drug abuse drive

The Queen's Baton visited schools in the Zambian capital of Lusaka, where hundreds of school children were educated about the ill effects of drug abuse through information displays, leaflets, speeches and plays, etc.

Malawians came out in large numbers to greet the Queen's Baton 2010 Delhi when it reached the capital city, Lilongwe. Led by Dr. Bingu Mutharika, President of the Republic of Malawi, thousands turned up to have a glimpse of the gold plated Baton. The crowd could only match the one in England where a similar turnout was witnessed during the flagging off ceremony of the Queen's Baton Relay at the Buckingham Palace.

The enthusiasm of the people reached a cresendo when the Malawi Commonwealth Games squad showcased the competencies of its popular sports personalities in the competition sports of Netball, Boxing , Bowling, Table Tennis, Weight Lifting, Swimming, Cycling, Lawn Tennis etc. in which the country is expected to participate in October .